{"id":10295,"date":"2010-06-15T13:49:49","date_gmt":"2010-06-15T20:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=10295"},"modified":"2010-06-15T13:49:49","modified_gmt":"2010-06-15T20:49:49","slug":"no-symbolism-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=10295","title":{"rendered":"No Symbolism Here"},"content":{"rendered":"

You know, if I wasn’t convinced that God doesn’t waste Her time meddling in humanity’s affairs, this would convince me that God is wasting Her time meddling in humanity’s affairs<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The “largest sculpture of Jesus Christ<\/a> in America” was struck by lightning<\/a> and consumed by fire near Cincinnati last night.<\/p>\n

“Jesus statue destroyed by act of God” is how the Cincinnati Enquirer<\/em> linked to its story this morning, saying the statue caught fire about 11:15 pm as a thunderstorm swept through Greater Cincinnati.<\/p>\n

The statue was 62 feet high and weighed about eight tons, according to the Solid Rock Church<\/a>, which says it was “a wood and styrofoam sculpture over a steel framework anchored in concrete… covered with a fiberglass mat and resin exterior.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>The irony of a 62-foot tall graven image being burned to the ground<\/a> by an Act of God proves that if there is really a God, She has an unbelievably wicked sense of humor. Of course, members of the church seem to be sensing that this could be a message, but confused about what it could possibly mean<\/a>, because, you know, if God is sending a message, burning a six story tall statue of His son to the ground is pretty subtle.<\/p>\n

“I’m thinking it’s a sign from Jesus that we need to learn something, as Christians, as a whole, we’re not doing something right,” said church member Kevin Jones to WHIO<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Others have chimed in with their views. On the Internet, Lindsay Van Kirk of SportsGrid.com\u2019s \u201cPower Grid\u201d blog wryly suggests that the fall of Touchdown Jesus is a sign that recent controversies in the football world<\/a> may have \u201cmade God a bit mad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mark Brumley, on Ingatius Press\u2019 \u201cInsight Scoop\u201d blog, thinks that the fire is a sign that lightning and fiberglass do not mix<\/a> according to the laws of God\u2019s universe. But, he says, if the fire sparks self-examination among Christians who see the charred remains, maybe that was part of God\u2019s plan.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince most of us usually have something to repent of or to repent more deeply of,\u201d he wrote, \u201cthe destruction of the statue certainly can be taken as a providential reminder to turn away from sin.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, that’s it. It couldn’t have anything to do with anything else God said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Of course, I don’t believe that the burning of MC 62 Ft. Jesus has anything much to do with anything, other than that if you’re going to build a giant idol that stretches up into the heavens, you should use non-flammable materials. That, and you’d better put some money aside for upkeep. The rebuilding of Touchdown Jesus is going to cost the Solid Rock Church $700,000. But it’s worth it, I’m sure. After all, it’s exactly what Jesus would have wanted his followers to do<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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