Worst Christian-themed sculpture?

Is it the new 72-foot tall "Statue of Liberation Through Christ?"



Is it the recent "Touchdown Jesus?"



Is it the 40-year-old "Christ of the Ozarks?"



Is it the 50-year-old "Mt. Soledad Cross" which is currently in the news?



Is it the traveling "Jesus on a Trailer Hitch?"



Is it "Buddy Jesus?"



Or is it some other masterwork? (Specify)

Why in the hell is it open season on Christianity in here? Should I start a thread mocking Islam and the Quoran and see how many jump on that bandwagon?

Half of the threads in here today make me sick. So much for tolerance.

i got a rapture to sell ya

...prohibition.

That's Statue of Liberty knock off manages to merge disrespect for our nation's values and Christianity.

I wish some of these people would show me where Jesus went around building gaudy statues.

...Christian fundies in this country who are so starved for a feeling of their own relevance that they align themselves with someone so blatantly un-Christian as our Dear Leader. Why? Because he claims he's "born again" -- jes' like them -- a mistake which God, having allowed Bush to be born once, would certainly never repeat. Hatched, maybe; born again, no.

Many of which align themselves with radical leaders. I just don't see them mocked here.

to have seen the threads about the Mohammed cartoons, then.

They don't get face time on network tv and they don't have an inside route to the white house. They are marginal figures in the national political discourse not like say Pat Robertson who keeps getting on Mainstream TV whenever the media wants to hear the "Christian perspective" -
Personally just once I'd like to see a woman Episcopalian bishop being asked about the perspective of the Christian community rather then these well fed pink skinned lunatics.

And are the work of an idol worshiping authority cult who while they may use Christian symbols are far far off the mainstream Christian thought - you'll notice nobody but St. Patrick's up there or any of the lovely old New England Churches . The quakers would think these are tacky and stupid and missing the point. Would that make the quakers anti-christian?

I'm personally tired of people who say we're attacking Christianity when the excesses of the right wing churches are pointed out. Nobody is saying belief in Jesus as the son of god is to be mocked - but dear lord those statues are a) tacky as hell taste wise and b) in the case of the Statue of Liberty holding a cross a political statement of a desire for a dictatorial theocracy that runs completely counter to our political tradition a desire that can and should be answered with both barrels.

Good god.

to maybe remind newbies that the "Christianity" being discussed here is the fundamentalists-who-love-Bush kind. I have no problem when people here talk disparagingly about fundamentalist Muslims, as long as they don't think all Muslims are that way. I would hope that all DUers are in support of progressive Christians, and that no one thinks all Christians are alike.

And guess where most of us live? I'm much more concerned about radical and pushy Christianity in my backyard than some idiocy spouted by a cleric 8000 miles away. We are talking about the people who want to make their version of Christianity dominant in every facet of life, from what we watch on tv, to indoctrination of children in schools, to telling other people they have to live by their dogma, to making the Bible the law of the land.

And while certainly this isn't true of all or probably even most Christians in the US, it is a concern to those of us who wish people wouldn't try turning our country into a theocracy.

In my particular case, I see a lot of these pieces of "art" as being the antithesis of what Jesus preached (he wasn't real big on material displays of piety). Some of these, in particular, that hideous Statue of Liberty knock off are just plain offensive.

that have nothing to do with god
and speak volumes about the vanity
of small-minded people

hands.

This was originally a prop from the movie Dogma with Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and George Carlin as the preacher presenting Jesus new image. This is a really funny movie and you should enjoy seeing it, unless you are a fundy.

the cross is just plain wrong.

http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=521&c=&ll=42.465956,-72.089957&spn=0.003827,0.007522&t=k&hl=en

This was a mile down the street from me when I lived in Massachusetts.

Although I'd like to see somebody put up a "Flagrant Personal Foul Jesus" to protest torture interrogations.

"Christ on a Trailer Hitch" must be the new version of "Christ on a Crutch."

:rofl:

http://www.llholding.com.nyud.net:8090/images/poker_jesus.jpg

edited to add pic

...told me one of the colleges where he taught had two statues, both visible from the football stadium, of a "religious" nature.

One was dubbed "Touchdown Jesus" (a pose similar to the above").

The other was a depiction of Moses holding the tablets in one arm with one finger raised high.

Yup....you guessed it.

"First-down Moses." :rofl:


It may have been Notre Dame, but it's been too many years ago to remember.....

Kind of cool actually.

Christ of the Ozarks, which I've seen at Eureka Springs Arkansas, actually looks to be in good taste.

...on separation of church and state (which the radical Christians hate).

...of the Christ of the Andes in Rio.

Jesus on a Hitch..... that's fuckin' terrifying because it's for real!

(bad art is just a symptom of the inner rot)

This was a few years ago, and I don't recall his name. I do remember the name of his collection: The Shrine of Our Lady of the Pink Flamingo.

endless. where is that located?

avoid it if possible.

remember that one? it was supposed to be religious. BTW, I liked the last sculpture the best... that's how I'd picture Jesus.

At night, they light it up and you can see it for MILES and MILES... it's ugly. Just plain gawdy and ugly!

http://www.watsonschoice.com/GuideBook/DayTrips/Attractions/TheCross.htm

between choosing Touchdown Jesus and the SOLTC. Touchdown Jesus made me laugh, but SOLTC is infinitely scarier, given the obvious metaphorical implications.

Oral Roberts University, Tulsa.