Heavens terminate ‘Touchdown’ Jesus statue

By C. S. Magor / 15 comments

The “King of Kings” statue was a 62-foot colossus that sat outside the evangelical Solid Rock Church in the town of Monroe in southwest Ohio.

The upraised arms led people to nickname the landmark “Touchdown Jesus” because of the similarity to the hand signal that used when a footballer scores a touchdown.

That was until 11:15 p.m. Monday when a lightning strike sent the foam and fiberglass construction ablaze, reducing the 62 feet tall and 40 feet wide statue to its metal skeleton and prompting some people to call it “Terminator Jesus”.

Fortunately, the folks at the church appear to have maintained their collective sense of humor.

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Dave

Maybe this time they won’t build their 60-foot Jesus out of lighning-conducting metal with a nicely flammable foam & fibreglass covering!

I know it’s Jesus and all, but maybe a *little* bit of science in planning it’s construction might be a good idea.

Reece

You don’t need science when Jebus is involved
Reece

You don’t need science when Jebus is involved
Bacon

I know this post may be snidely pointing out the faults in religion but that doesn’t mean you can misplace apostrophes…

Dave

Maybe this time they won’t build their 60-foot Jesus out of lighning-conducting metal with a nicely flammable foam & fibreglass covering!

I know it’s Jesus and all, but maybe a *little* bit of science in planning it’s construction might be a good idea.
Dave

Maybe this time they won’t build their 60-foot Jesus out of lighning-conducting metal with a nicely flammable foam & fibreglass covering!

I know it’s Jesus and all, but maybe a *little* bit of science in planning it’s construction might be a good idea.

Reece

You don’t need science when Jebus is involved

allison

We called him big butter Jesus when we drove by him on our way to and from Canada each trip we made to IN…. this is just a little to funny.
allison

We called him big butter Jesus when we drove by him on our way to and from Canada each trip we made to IN…. this is just a little to funny.

Rick

Big Butter Jesus, thank you Heywood Banks. It always creeped me out when I drove by this statue. Not common knowledge, but the huge Hustler store’s sign across I-75 wasn’t touched by the storm. Hmm..kinda makes you think.
Rick

Big Butter Jesus, thank you Heywood Banks. It always creeped me out when I drove by this statue. Not common knowledge, but the huge Hustler store’s sign across I-75 wasn’t touched by the storm. Hmm..kinda makes you think.

allison

We called him big butter Jesus when we drove by him on our way to and from Canada each trip we made to IN…. this is just a little to funny.

Rick

Big Butter Jesus, thank you Heywood Banks. It always creeped me out when I drove by this statue. Not common knowledge, but the huge Hustler store’s sign across I-75 wasn’t touched by the storm. Hmm..kinda makes you think.

http://twitter.com/mouseandcat Joshua

Also of interest (though a bit belated): Lightning also struck a government building in the area and a prison inmate. Don’t recall if it was during the same storm or just within the same week or so. Kind of makes one wonder, though.

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