moe
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Date: February 14, 2010 06:12AM
This is on I-75 between Dayton and Cincinnati Ohio.
Their could be many more. A lot of Jesus freaks out there. Just sayin that the kind of money that this cost to build and maintain could be spent on better endeavors.
Thanatos
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Date: February 14, 2010 06:21AM
Heywood Banks, a well know comedian-musician has a song about this statue.
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quasi
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Date: February 14, 2010 06:57PM
My sis lives near Dayton and she & her friends call this the touchdown Jesus. Also all agree that the money for this could've been better spent. How many people could've been fed or sheltered for that amount? Just another example of why I left organized religion behind a long time ago. Isn't there something in the Bible about not worshiping graven images?
shakes
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Date: February 14, 2010 11:20PM
It's called The Solid Rock Church and it's like a small college campus. Located in Monroe Ohio (that's the view from I-75)
Wolfgang613
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Date: February 15, 2010 07:59PM
Could the money used to build this statue have been used to feed the hungry or house the homeless? Maybe... Money donated to a charity such as a church may have strings attached and has to be used in the way the donor requires. If it is not, the charity can be sued for misuse of the funds. So it is possible that the money spent on this statue may have been donated for this specific purpose. The only options the charity has it to use the money as required, to return it, or go to Court to have it released. It is very hard to get a Court to release the money.
quasi
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Date: February 15, 2010 08:07PM
I'm sure the money probably was donated for this specific project. I'm questioning why people would donate it for this when there are so many other things that are more deserving and in keeping with Christ's teachings.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 15/02/2010 08:08PM by quasi.
Mrkim
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Date: February 16, 2010 12:22AM
Donated or not, the $$ could definitely been put to much more humanitarian uses than this.
One of the biggest problems with organized religions is they seem to cater more to their own sense of largess and excess than they do in adhering to the basis of the teachings they so loudly profess to believe in
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 16/02/2010 12:23AM by Mrkim.
quasi
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Date: February 16, 2010 02:04AM
AMEN, brother! No offense, Kim.
fossil_digger
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Date: February 16, 2010 02:13AM
speaking of excess, check out the Prestonwood Baptist churh in Plano Texas, i refer to it as
the Baptidome or Six Flags over Jesus
Anonymous Critic
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Date: February 26, 2010 06:46AM
If I'm not mistaken, the Bible says "Use as much money as possible to build ridiculous and useless monuments to the glory of Jesus - the more ostentatious the better. Only by conspicuously worshiping Christ can you prove how much better you are than everyone else and impress your neighbors and co-workers."
shudafuckup
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Date: March 18, 2010 11:28PM
Jesus H Christ
fossil_digger
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Date: March 19, 2010 12:47AM
jumpin' Jesus on a pogo stick!
