massive jesus
05Nov07
just came across a picture of a huge jesus christ sitting in some water outside the ’solid rock church’ in ohio.
it’s incredible. and hilarious. and frightening.
62ft tall and 8 tonnes.
[update]
thanks to madmolecule, here’s another fantastically surreal statue that can be found outside the ‘world overcomers outreach ministries church’ in memphis…
incredible.
anyone know of any more?
Filed under: architecture, bizarre, construction, just brilliant, religion, spooky, wow | 15 Comments
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Deputy,
I live in the Cincinnati area. As a matter of fact, I just drove by that last night. Thought you’d like to know that there was a list of the “100 things to do in Cincinnati before you die” (sorry, can’t provide the link… Anyway, one of the things to do was to kick a football through the arms of the statue. I thought that was pretty hilarious.
Regards
for those who don’t know howmuch is 62ft, it’s 18.898m
1 foot = 0.305m
Not quite the same, but here in Memphis we have a rather alarming statue in front of a church as well: http://flickr.com/photos/amiev/289964880/
Just a side note. I actually live near the Jesus statue. You may find it interesting to know this statue is also known as ‘Big Butter Jesus’ for its texture and there is even a song (as featured on the Bob and Tom morning show) about Big Butter Jesus!
That first sculpture is just terrible. Looks like kids made it out of gray play-doh, and a spackling knife.
I live near the statue of liberty / jeebus in Memphis. It is a giant eye sore.
The song “Big Butter Jesus” is by Heywood Banks…it’s pretty funny.
I don’t get it. Is he stuck in quicksand?
I used to drive by the Solid Rock Church every day, commuting between Cincinnati and Dayton for a crappy programming job. In any case, the first time I saw the giant Jesus statue, I was reminded of a zombie Jesus clawing his way out of the earth, and now I can’t see the thing any other way.
It’s right down the highway from a flea market with a giant anatomically-correct stallion as its sign.
Actually everybody calls it “touchdown jesus”
Damn, I want a football and a plane ticket so badly right now…
haha, yeah. I live in Memphis and crack up whenever I drive past that eyesore.