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It looks to me like what would happen if Jesus was a cartoon character. You, know...he was walking on the water, then realized what he was doing, and...splash!

Here y'go Bri

Am I the only one who keeps reading the title of this thread as 'Eeyore'?

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Originally Posted by the Jesus website

The upraised arms familiar to "praise" service attendees conjures different images for locals, who refer to the big Savior as "Touchdown Jesus," or "Drowning Jesus."

I dunno... the Confederate sculpture is uglier, but the Jesus sculpture is larger and thus more attention-demanding. I just can't choose!

Maybe we need another field of 64 for this. Just in time for March Madness!

field of 64 - worst monuments/statues/tourist attractions/landmarks?

hm, it has potential...

Oh, Ibram, thank you v. much for doing that for me.

It's pretty scary, no?

The beautiful part about this whole monument and it's owner?

the monument was built using illegal immigrants (in an area that really hates illegals) and the owner/spiritual leader of Rock Solid Church? He's a known drug smuggler (he uses the horses on his huge horse farm), high school drop out and all-round shady guy.

But, hey.

That's how we like our Christians in Ohio: Dumb, crazy, involved in felonious activites and dedicated to a Giant Jesus. The fourfecta of the Ohio Christian Right!

It's pretty awe inspiring to drive by this Great Work. AND! It's right next door to the Flea Market! How cool/handy is that? I can pay my respects to Giant Jesus (please, don't smite me!) and then go buy quarts of apple butter, decorative toilet paper dollies and NASCAR bandanna's! It's a win-win!

I just realized that steel loop will make one hell of a lightning rod.

wow..I thought I had seen some ugly 'art' but that really takes the cake.. the candles and all the presents.

Which are you talking about?

The Confederate statue is horribly, horribly creepy. It is so obvious that it comes to life at night and stalks the back alleys in the area, killing the drunks and the homeless...

But I quite like Jesus in the Bath. If that was in my area I would have countless shots of myself high-fiving the Lord.

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl (Post 327234)

The Confederate statue is horribly, horribly creepy. It is so obvious that it comes to life at night and stalks the back alleys in the area, killing the drunks and the homeless...

It may be worse than you think. Forrest commanded the Confederate troops at Fort Pillow who killed a large number of Black troops. There is an argument over what went on but it is often interpreted as a massacre based on race.

HiJack! Griff I just finished Fort Pillow by Harry Turtledove. Wild guess,but I think Forrest had something to do with kkk.
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Originally Posted by busterb (Post 327280)

HiJack! Griff I just finished Fort Pillow by Harry Turtledove. Wild guess,but I think Forrest had something to do with kkk.
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:) good guess!

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Originally Posted by Brianna (Post 326331)

the monument was built using illegal immigrants !

Where'd they find glass-bottomed immigrants? Were they ground into a fine paste then molded and fired in a kiln? ;)

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Wanted to see the new "thing" at the Grand Canyon , so we went this weekend. It is advertised as $25.00 to go out on the skywalk and the pictures show a beautiful building next to the walkway. Well; they are not quite "HONEST." It is $25.00 to go on the skywalk, but it is $50.00 to be on the reservation. You find this out after what they say is a 1 hour trip down a 57 mile dirt road. Wrong! this dirt road is 57 miles alright; the fastest you can go is 25 mph; you do the math!!!

So, after this long drive you get the good news it is $75.00 a person!! Chris said maybe we should forget it; I said after that road we are not coming back so get out the damn credit card out. Then you get on their bus for a 10 min ride to the "walkway"; built in one of the ugliest place on the whole Grand Canyon; not a tree to be seen and the water is gray below! Their building is not started, so you have a trailer to go into to go through a metal detector and leave your camera and purse in the trailer.

The walkway glass was cracked which lead me to believe they may have a few engineering glitches and I got my ass off the thing right away after seeing that! Believe me it is not as big or long as it looks on TV.

They do give you a buffet lunch, with your ticket, at "Guano" (means poop) Point. The Indians used to go over the cliff here to pick up bird shit to use for Makeup (war paint).You get to sit in one of the windiest places on earth to eat your chicken or ribs covered with blowing dirt. We passed on the lunch.
There are buses leaving every 10-15 min with 52 people on board at $75.00 per person $3,900.00 per bus from 8:00 am until 6:30 pm. That's $156,000.00 per day! I guess they are making a lot of money. They are flying people in from Vegas and Laughlin to go see this thing! I guess the Indians are smart; but not so honest about all the details of the activity.

We had to stop and change a tire for a young girl who took her grandparents out there. They had the right kind of car and good tires; but the road is terrible, they blew out the side wall of the tire. They must have hit the side of the road and a big rock. They did not know where the spare tire was and were completely helpless. The tow truck would have come out there but it would have been 2.5 hours and $400.00! The girl was very scared and grateful we stopped to help. Some guys stopped to ask if this was the right way to the Skywalk. Grandpa yelled out go back it is not worth it!!

One last detail, the hotel the Indians run to accommodate this adventure looks great online, but the sign at check in says "SINCE THE TRAINS COME BY EVERY 10 -15 MINS PLEASE ASK FOR THE FREE EAR PLUGS". We immediately canceled our reservations and made it to Kingman , AZ for the night. We got up at 6am and got the hell out of Arizona!