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formercia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-15-10 05:33 AM
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I don't care if it rains or freezes 'long as I got my plastic Jesus
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100615/ap_on_re_us/us_lightning_strikes_jesus_statue
Ohio Jesus statue struck by lightning, destroyed
AP

Tue Jun 15, 2:55 am ET

MONROE, Ohio – A six-story-tall statue of Jesus Christ with his arms raised along a highway was struck by lightning in a thunderstorm Monday night and burned to the ground, police said.

The "King of Kings" statue, one of southwest Ohio's most familiar landmarks, had stood since 2004 at the evangelical Solid Rock Church along Interstate 75 in Monroe, just north of Cincinnati.

The lightning strike set the statue ablaze around 11:15 p.m., Monroe police dispatchers said.

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treestar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-15-10 05:34 AM
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1. Wittier DUers will come up with great comments for this one!
Ironic indeed!
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Dennis Donovan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-15-10 05:35 AM
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2. hmmmmmm...SATAN?!?
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whyverne Donating Member (734 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-15-10 05:40 AM
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3. Smite those graven images! n/t
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tomm2thumbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-15-10 05:41 AM
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4. I wonder what they did...

afterall, Pat Robertson seems to always say God acts for reasons of punishment and to get folks who aren't doing right by him, doesn't he?

I wonder if Pat will explain

I can't wait

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hobbit709 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-15-10 06:32 AM
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6. especially since the adult video store across the street was untouched.
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whyverne Donating Member (734 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-15-10 06:29 AM
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5. Stephanie Abrams just called it a tragedy on the Weather Channel.
Tragedy? "I do not think it means, what you think it means."

Is Stefie hot because she's a ditz. I think so.
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mwb970 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-15-10 06:36 AM
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7. I know what they would say if it happened to a statue of Satan.
They would say it was a sign of God's judgment, proof that evil shall always succumb to the forces of righteousness and Baby Jeebus.

But since it was their statue, it's a "tragedy" instead. What fools.

:eyes:
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-15-10 06:44 AM
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8. Drop kick me Jesus through the goalposts of life
End over end, neither left nor the right
Straight through the heart of them righteous of right
Drop kick me Jesus through the goalposts of life...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO5Y1OuQIxo
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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-15-10 08:33 AM
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9. I say, "Praise the Lord!" because it was one ugly statue.
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Toasterlad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-15-10 09:22 AM
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10. How Many Greeks Do You Think You Could Smuggle In That Thing?
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formercia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-15-10 01:32 PM
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14. The Trojans would never accept Jesus. n/t
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-15-10 10:19 AM
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13. Reminds me of the end of Terminator 2
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smoking357 Donating Member (38 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-15-10 09:27 AM
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11. Zeus Smote Jesus
The Battlethon of the Gods IS ON!
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yellowcanine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-15-10 10:08 AM
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12. Pretty clear sign from GAWD - DEH that she did not approve.
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formercia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-15-10 06:51 PM
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15. Let's have a little sing-along
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG9tuuznL1Y


..and some lyrics to go with it:

http://www.guntheranderson.com/v/data/plastic0.htm

I don't care if it rains or freezes
'Long as I got my plastic Jesus
Riding on the dashboard of my car
Through my trials and tribulations
And my travels through the nations
With my plastic Jesus I'll go far

/ D - / G - / D - A - / 1st, 2nd / D A D - /

Plastic Jesus, plastic Jesus
Riding on the dashboard of my car
I'm afraid He'll have to go
His magnets ruin my radio
And if I have a wreck He'll leave a scar

/ D - - - / - - A - / D - / G - / D A D - /

Riding down a thoroughfare
With His nose up in the air
A wreck may be ahead, but He don't mind
Trouble coming He don't see
He just keeps His eye on me
And any other thing that lies behind

Plastic Jesus, plastic Jesus
Riding on the dashboard of my car
Though the sunshine on His back
Make Him peel, chip and crack
A little patching keeps Him up to par

When I'm in a traffic jam
He don't care if I say "damn"
I can let all my curses roll
Plastic Jesus doesn't hear
'Cause he has a plastic ear
The man who invented plastic saved my soul

Plastic Jesus, plastic Jesus
Riding on the dashboard of my car
Once His robe was snowy white
Now it isn't quite so bright
Stained by the smoke of my cigar

If I weave around at night
And policemen think I'm tight
They never find my bottle, though they ask
Plastic Jesus shelters me
For His head comes off, you see
He's hollow, and I use Him for a flask

Plastic Jesus, plastic Jesus
Riding on the dashboard of my car
Ride with me and have a dram
Of the blood of the Lamb
Plastic Jesus is a holy bar


--snip--
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-15-10 06:53 PM
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16. this was the work of Thor!
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