July 3, 2006

Unites States of Jesusistan

Holy. Crap. Hat tip to Nicole for this:
"A Memphis church on Tuesday will unveil a 72-foot-tall replica of the Statue of Liberty, except this Lady Liberty holds a cross instead of a torch.

World Overcomers Outreach Ministries Church is planning to unveil the statue that mixes Christian and American themes during a special ceremony at its 12,000-member church.

The Statue of Liberation also replaces the famous inscription with the lines 'Give me your tired, your poor ... ' with Roman numerals representing the Ten Commandments.

A tear falling from her right eye represents her concern for America, church pastor Apostle Alton R. Williams said."

This little monstrosity costs $260,000. No word on how much it costs to either your eyes, or your sense of irony. Hey, is that Jim Caviezel up there?

2 comments:

JMG said...

Imagine how many hungry people they could have fed with that money.

Streak said...

I had that same thought. One of the other blogs I read said that the price tag was possibly even higher.