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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 06:34 AM
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Ohio church plans to REBUILD TD-J! Fire loss estimated at $700,000 by fire chief...

Link from ABC: http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/news/national/ohio-church-plans-to-rebuild-destoryed-'touchdown-jesus'-statue



Where does a "Solid Rock" fundamentalist church get this kind of money? The TouchDown Jesus I cost around $250,000, but damage caused by the lightening stroke was estimated at $700,000 - nearly $1 million total for a plastic statue, albeit a very large one...

That is a lot of tithing and a lot of money in the collection plate, people...and to me it says that is't time to tax all church property; if they have that kind of money, something is wrong...


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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 06:35 AM
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1. Jesus Saves
his pennies. :P
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saigon68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 06:56 AM
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11. Jesus Saves---Moses Invests


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGTBFPte-MY
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 06:58 AM
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13. "Jesus is on fire...it's amazing...."
LMAO


Sorry


LMAO some more.

Gretzky Scores!
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 06:59 AM
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14. He better- he's not geting any of mine.....nt
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 07:05 AM
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21. In Dow We Trust
(Styrofoam™ is a trademark of Dow Chemical)
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 07:20 AM
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24. Emits a poisonous gas when burned, IIRC...stay away from jesus when he's on fire...nt
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 07:31 AM
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25. Talk about your fire and brimstone.
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Skidmore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 06:36 AM
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2. A heap of styrofoam and fiberglass costs a bundle.
Bet the marble that went into "the Pieta" was cheaper.

Walmart churches.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 06:38 AM
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3. How many hungry people could they feed with that money???
One might think that the people of that church MIGHT consider that lightning strike a sign that they could do better thing with their money than build pagan icons...
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 06:38 AM
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4. obscene...
I wonder if any of these "good people" have actually read what Jesus purportedly had to say about such idolatry and nonsense...

Hypocrisy, exploitation and religion is a nasty mix.
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rfranklin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 06:40 AM
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5. Struck by lightning? Can't they understand that God smote it?
These idiots don't even know the classic messages from God.
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Skidmore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 06:41 AM
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7. They didn't aim it in the right direction to smite the people they
would have liked to.
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hobbit709 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 07:09 AM
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22. There's another message there too.
God didn't smite the huge adult video store sign across the highway from the church.
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spinbaby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 06:41 AM
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6. The fire also damaged a building
The cost was not just for Big Butter. A church member interviewed on the radio yesterday claimed that Jesus sacrificed himself to save the church building.
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 07:00 AM
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17. The crazy just never stops, does it?...nt
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HughBeaumont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 06:43 AM
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8. I mean, you could be using that money to open up another Creationist museum or something!!1!1!1!!
:think:

Money weighs more on some hands than it does others, I guess.
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DrDan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 06:44 AM
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9. to be honest, the $700,000 also included damage to an adjoining amphitheater
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 06:58 AM
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12. Still, a lot of money coming from somewhere....Insurance on TD-J? nt
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DrDan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 07:00 AM
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16. surely there was insurance on the building
and they say they will not turn away donations.
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 07:01 AM
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18. I have never seen a church in my 62 years that would turn away donations...nt
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DrDan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 07:05 AM
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20. nor one that could not drum up plenty of contributions when they need a few bucks
there will be contributors.
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 07:19 AM
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23. No doubt..God must really be a spendthrift to always need so much tax free cash nt
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TexasObserver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 06:46 AM
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10. "The DE-VIL ... will NOT ... defeat us!"
Oh, yeah, it's the Devil. You'd better believe that's how it will be told. I can hear the sermon now.

"Satan, not lightning, did this. Lightning was merely his tool."

"But preacher, how could God let this happen?"

"God is testing us, testing our resolve. Will we back down, or we will stand up and say "DEVIL I SMITE YOU!"



And then the fund raising will start in earnest.

We don't know much about God, but we do know he needs our money (thanks George Carlin).
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hobbit709 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 06:59 AM
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15. +1
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AndyA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 07:04 AM
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19. Note to God: Message delivered to the people, not understood.
Because it's OK to hate people, condemn them, discriminate against them if you have a huge statue of Jesus out front. :eyes:
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unhappycamper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 08:14 AM
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26. That $700 grand would be better used to clothe and feed the homeless.
But they're in the jeebus pool to bring people closer to jeebus. Fuck homeless people.
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jp11 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 08:16 AM
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27. It was a sign from God that TD-J wasn't garish enough, maybe this time they won't upset the lord.
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