God hates Jesus

A 62 foot tall, 40 foot wide statue of Jesus erected on the property of the Solid Rock evangelical church in Monroe, Ohio burned to the ground after it was struck by lightning Monday night. The statue, dubbed Touchdown Jesus by locals, was the concept of the wife of Lawrence Bishop, the owner of the 4,000 member church. She claimed that she intended the $250,000 figure to be a beacon of hope and salvation, though to many passersby it was nothing more than alarming. 

For the gangs of exclusory Christians – those who claim their god caused the devastation in Haiti because of a pact the people made with the devil; the same who believe Hurricane Katrina was their god’s wrath sent to destroy the sin-tainted streets of New Orleans (even though the “evil” French Quarter was one of the only sections of the city that was largely untouched by the deluge), this must be another one of those head-scratching moments. Especially when we consider the “Hollywood Hustler” sign advertising a porn shop that is near the statue was untouched during the storm. This must be one of those moments when if asked why, they could only answer, “God works in mysterious ways.”