God’s an Art Critic: Zaps Touchdown Jesus

The six story tall statue of Jesus on the side of the Interstate in Ohio has been struck by lighting and burned to the ground. Jesus done signalled his last touchdown, folks.

From the AP here:

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.

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.

The sculpture, 62 feet tall and 40 feet wide at the base, showed Jesus from the torso up and was nicknamed Touchdown Jesus because of the way the arms were raised, similar to a referee signaling a touchdown. It was made of plastic foam and fiberglass over a steel frame, which is all that remained early Tuesday.

I always thought he looked like he was sinking in quicksand and was calling for someone to toss him a rope.