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Maybe this is old news, but it's fun...

A huge statue of Jesus was struck by lightening and incinerated.  Of course, the "believers" plan to rebuild, not the least bit curious about why their god did not intervene.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/2010 ... tning-fire (http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20100615/NEWS01/306150004/-Touchdown-Jesus-statue-at-Solid-Rock-Church-on-I-75-destroyed-by-lightning-fire)

Quote from: "Mistermischief"not the least bit curious about why their god did not intervene.

Lightning strikes are "acts of god".  I guess their god DID intervene after all.

Yeah, I saw this in the news awhile back.

i thought the same thing. If god directs every bolt of lightning, like it says in the bible, why would he strike and destroy himself?

Quote from: "tymygy"Yeah, I saw this in the news awhile back.

i thought the same thing. If god directs every bolt of lightning, like it says in the bible, why would he strike and destroy himself?

Because it was actually Thor hammering away at his anvil that caused the lightning  

Or perhaps his earthly representatives aroused his disgust?

Or -- hey, get this -- perhaps it was a bolt of electricity that was completely random.

York Minster was struck be lightning just after some guy preached about taking the bible too seriously. The irony was not lost on the population as a whole!  

See also viewtopic.php?p=69337#p69337 (http://www.happyatheistforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=69337#p69337)

Maybe god just thought they made his nose look to big.
If someone made a statue of me, and my nose looked too big, I'd smite it.
I'd smite it real good.

And what did they make it out of?  Fibreglass or paper-mache?
Cheap bastards

Quote from: "The Magic Pudding"And what did they make it out of?  Fibreglass or paper-mache?
Cheap bastards

Mostly styrofoam.  I'm not kidding.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Kings_%28statue%29 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Kings_%28statue%29)

Quote from: "The Magic Pudding"Maybe god just thought they made his nose look to big.
If someone made a statue of me, and my nose looked too big, I'd smite it.
I'd smite it real good.

And what did they make it out of?  Fibreglass or paper-mache?
Cheap bastards

LMAO xD

Someone may have mentioned this on the other thread about touchdown jesus, so I apologize in advance.  The original statue cost churchgoers $400,000.  The new one will be $700,000.  How Christ-like of them to waste that kind of money on a ridiculous lightning rod, rather than feed the hungry that are quite numerous in that area.

Shocking....c wut I did thar? But really...it is "god's will." That's why they don't question why. In my semi-educated opinion.

No one seems to be mentioning the obvious here.  The "Christians" don't even follow their own ten commandments unless it "commands" something they agree with.  

ie:  4th commandment

QuoteYou shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

Quote from: "madashell"No one seems to be mentioning the obvious here.  The "Christians" don't even follow their own ten commandments unless it "commands" something they agree with.  

ie:  4th commandment

QuoteYou shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

Beat me to it, I was about to say something about this. When brought up how hilarious it is that a natural phenomenon, the likes of which are usually attributed to god's wrath, destroyed a religious landmark, this is exactly how a Christian type would respond. Clearly, god didn't like this particular graven image and saw fit to set his children straight. But since God doesn't go around smiting every giant statue of himself, I'm more inclined to align with Magic Pudding's hypothesis. They got the nose wrong, obviously.

Quote from: "DropLogic"Someone may have mentioned this on the other thread about touchdown jesus, so I apologize in advance.  The original statue cost churchgoers $400,000.  The new one will be $700,000.  How Christ-like of them to waste that kind of money on a ridiculous lightning rod, rather than feed the hungry that are quite numerous in that area.

Holy crap I'm in the wrong business!  I need to sell expensive religious crap to churches with more money than common sense!

Quote from: "fester30"Holy crap I'm in the wrong business!  I need to sell expensive religious crap to churches with more money than common sense!

To supply such an icon to the church you'd have to be a favoured supplier.
I'm not sure how you attain that status.

Back when I used to be a Catholic, our church burned down (pure coincidence, I swear!), and when they rebuilt it, they definitely went for the grand effect. It was about twice as big, twice as tall, with all these crazy ornate statues and paintings on the inside. They actually said "Oh yeah and these seriphim statues cost about $12,000 a pop, and this gold-plated replica of the Ark of the Covenant was a good $20K." Really, church? Really? Do you know how much charity work can be done with the $44K just from those 3 false idols?

I will admit I would love to have that Ark replica.

Quote from: "februarystars"Back when I used to be a Catholic, our church burned down (pure coincidence, I swear!), and when they rebuilt it, they definitely went for the grand effect. It was about twice as big, twice as tall, with all these crazy ornate statues and paintings on the inside. They actually said "Oh yeah and these seriphim statues cost about $12,000 a pop, and this gold-plated replica of the Ark of the Covenant was a good $20K." Really, church? Really? Do you know how much charity work can be done with the $44K just from those 3 false idols?

I will admit I would love to have that Ark replica.

So wow the Ark replica cost more than it did for George Lucas and Steven Spielberg!

They made a point of letting us know that it was legit gold and marble and whatever other ridiculous expensive materials went into to hand-crafting it.

I thought that was a great event-it should happen more often!