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It's not that I care about what "others" do with their money. I care what the RELIGIOUS do with their money. That statue is the OPPOSITE of what Jesus is all about.
When those that say they are following Christ and His ways (looking after the poor, widowed, orphaned, illegal aliens, OUTSIDERS, etc.) build fancy buildings and huge statues (idols) of Jesus around the planet.........Well, Jesus is not impressed. Not the one I know, anyway.
$250,000 grand could have bought a couple of homeless families places to live. There were hundreds of better ways to use that money than to build a statue of the one who had pity on the POOR and LOST. It is a bit of a mockery to me. I know the religious don't really understand what they look like to outsiders, but they look pretty foolish a lot of the time.
(That thing looks like it is coming from the depths of some terrible place looking for help, or sinking in quicksand. I can't really tell).
I'm a very commited Christian and I cringed every time I drove by that statue. The bible is very clear on making images of God. It's prohibited, plain and simple. Those who would make such an image, I just don't know what they are thinking.
Maybe they were hoping you would stop your car, get out and kneel.
I wasn't quite sure where I should post this article. I'm not an Atheist, but I don't believe in most of the teachings of organized religions.
Anyway, I read this on Yahoo today and the first thought that entered my so-called mind was "I wonder how many families $250,000 would feed?"
"Bishop said in 2004 he was trying to help people, not impress them, with the statue. He said his wife proposed the Jesus figure as a beacon of hope and salvation, and they spent about $250,000 to finance it."
6-story Jesus statue in Ohio struck by lightning - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100615/ap_on_re_us/us_lightning_strikes_jesus_statue - broken link)
The Bible says
"You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them."
Since it was struck by lightening and burned down, I reckon we could classify it as "An Act of God" (like the insurance companies do).
Maybe it was just a coincidence and whether it was a ferris wheel, a Jesus statue, a barn, or a tower, it was the tallest thing in the area and lightening hit it first. Not everything means something other than just what it is.
Since it was struck by lightening and burned down, I reckon we could classify it as "An Act of God"- Does God hate trailer parks, too? Or is that due to envoronmental and meteorlogical facotrs that trouble happens there?
Maybe it was just a coincidence and whether it was a ferris wheel, a Jesus statue, a barn, or a tower, it was the tallest thing in the area and lightening hit it first. Not everything means something other than just what it is.
Since it was struck by lightening and burned down, I reckon we could classify it as "An Act of God"- Does God hate trailer parks, too? Or is that due to envoronmental and meteorlogical facotrs that trouble happens there?
Well, I was kidding about it being "An Act of God" - just to clarify.
How much money do you have? What would that feed? Why concerned with these guys? What about you? There is so much impression with quantity. Kill one guy, no one cares; kill 2000 and it is a big deal. What do you all blow money on?
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If that's not a sign.... I dont know what it...
