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[theweaselking]

God angrily points out that he *means* Exodus 20:4 to illiterate fuckwit church.

(No "Guess The State" because Touchdown Jesus is an Ohio landmark. It would be like doing "Guess The State" on a shark attack.)

Comments

[tsunami-ryuu.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't put it past someone in Ohio to jump in a shark tank.

[wynnsfolly.livejournal.com]

i think you win the internet today for the most appropriate scripture to apply to a headline.

[gebkivistik.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised it took this long - the thing was basically built out of napalm: wood and styrofoam covered with a fiberglass mat and resin exterior.

[drcuriosity]

Upon reading what it was made out of, I was surprised it hadn't burned down years ago, too.

[skington.livejournal.com]

“I can’t believe Jesus was struck,” said his brother, who noted the giant Hustler Hollywood sign for the adult store across the street was untouched. “It’s the last thing I expected to happen.”

Here's someone I'm not taking lightning storm survival advice from, then. At least, assuming said Hustler sign wasn't 62 feet tall.

[anivair.livejournal.com]

I can't believe that a normal sign wasn't struck, but our huge three story piece of kindling was. I just don't know why giant pieces of metal wrapped in fuel was the sort of thing that made lightning eager to strike. What sort of world are we living in?

[shiffer.livejournal.com]

Hey, it's only the second Commandment. Honest God-fearin' folk can't be expected to be familiar with it.

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

lol "What part of no graven images did you NOT understand?!"

And while I am torn about religious decoration and between "of course there should be pretties!" and "how many people could you have fed for the cost of that thing?" I have less qualms here because damn that thing was tacky and fugly

[jaundicedaye.livejournal.com]

Zeus and Thor were unavailable for comment.

[cosmiccat.livejournal.com]

I can't take credit for this, but the best comment I've seen so far is:

"Well, this is not a total loss... Maybe they lost Touchdown Jesus in the fire, but now they have a giant Terminator Jesus instead."

[wherever.livejournal.com]

[opaqueplanet.livejournal.com]

For real, was there a big pool of melty styrofoam afterward?

[reyl.livejournal.com]

<3<3<3<3<3

[anktastic.livejournal.com]

Up to the 19th century or so, people used to store gunpowder in church vaults, because they thought that was the least likely place to get stuck by lightning - why would god kill his own flock? Of course, churches were usually the tallest buildings around, so it was common for them to get stuck by lightning and Kaboom!
In 1769, a lightning bolt struck the tower of St. Nazaire in Brescia, where 100 tons of gunpowder were stored. The resulting explosion destroyed one-sixth of the city and killed 3000 people. Lightning-induced explosions of stored gunpowder continued through the 1800's. As late as 1856, lightning struck the church of St. Jean on the island of Rhodes, the powder stored in the vaults exploded, and 4000 were killed.
Amazing to see the same idiots repeating the same mistakes. Fucking morons.