[laura]

Ah Memphis. A 260,000 dollar replica of the statue of liberty holding a cross and the ten commandments resurected in one of the poorest neighborhoods in the city. Seems like they could have found a better way to service the community with 1/4 of a million dollars, call me crazy. I feel like I should take a field trip to see it. How frightening.

http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/local/article/0,2845,MCA_25340_4809191,00.html

 

[Zark]

I'm speechless
Is she wearing a bukah? How appropriate.....
Time to speed up your Memphis evacuation plan Laura

 

[laura]

thats the sheet covering her before the unveiling. its does resemble one though doesn't it?

 

[splat]

Yesterday at the Boston Pops/Fireworks , there was a guy walking aroung carryin a giant Crucifix

 

[Upgr8r]

WTF No money for food, no health insurance, no housing but you have this:mumble:

 

[stosh]

I'm going to make my own statue called "The Statue of Libation".

 

[johnbryanpeters]

What a goddam waste.

 

[laura]

I'm going to make my own statue called "The Statue of Libation".

first start a congregation and solicit money from them so that you can fund it.

 

[stosh]

first start a congregation and solicit money from them so that you can fund it.

I have, and I even thought of a name "Branch Davidians"

 

[Tenchiro]

I wonder how many people could be fed or clothed with that kind of money?

Good thing Jesus commanded his followers to screw the needy and engage in idolotry.

 

[DRB]

You should go down there and get your picture made with it.

Even better, go down there and get your picture made with it wearing a devil costume.

 

[dante]

I have a better idea...... :devil:

 

[sanjuro]

what do you expect, this is tennessee. back me up burly!

 

[MudGrrl]

"That church is trashing the meaning of America," said 11-year Hickory Hill resident Evelyn Douglass.
"The Statue of Liberty is a symbol of the United States of America," she said. "The cross represents a specific religion. It's not right that they are mixing the two."


That is one smart kid.

 

[laura]

"That church is trashing the meaning of America," said 11-year Hickory Hill resident Evelyn Douglass.
"The Statue of Liberty is a symbol of the United States of America," she said. "The cross represents a specific religion. It's not right that they are mixing the two."


That is one smart kid.

I've found that children are far more perseptive than most adults and speak their minds freely.

 

[N8 v2.0]

What's to get all worked up about?

It's just freedom of speech and expression and all that rot.... You can't condone this while supporting flag burning...

 

[laura]

What's to get all worked up about?

It's just freedom of speech and expression and all that rot.... You can't condone this while supporting flag burning...

Main Entry: con·done
: to pardon or overlook voluntarily; especially : to treat as if trivial, harmless, or of no importance <condone corruption in politics>

Main Entry: sup·port
1 : to endure bravely or quietly : BEAR
2 a (1) : to promote the interests or cause of (2) : to uphold or defend as valid or right : ADVOCATE


The condemnation (I assume thats the word you meant to use) is towards the wasting of resources frivolously in an area of town where people are dying of diabetese because of lack of health resources, children go to bed hungry nightly, and close to one person a day is shot.

 

[DRB]

What's to get all worked up about?

It's just freedom of speech and expression and all that rot.... You can't condone this while supporting flag burning...

I'm pretty sure no one is commenting on whether they can put the statue up or not (of course they can) but whether the $260,000 could have been better spent. (of course it could have been).

 

[N8 v2.0]

I'm pretty sure no one is commenting on whether they can put the statue up or not (of course they can) but whether the $260,000 could have been better spent. (of course it could have been).

Money can always be better spent... but if it was an antiwar protest that cost the local gov hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional security, I bet there would be no liberal outrage...

I the GawdWarriors wanna put up a statue, so what?

 

[laura]

so what?

the what has been answered, stop blowing hot air in my thread.

 

[N8 v2.0]

the what has been answered, stop blowing hot air in my thread.

Oh please... u are just mad cuz its Jeezus!

 

[Jeremy R]

what do you expect, this is tennessee. back me up burly!

Yep, they should just go ahead and elect Dolly Parton Governor.
Ole Tits McGee.
Nah, you would really have to live in a state full of retards to elect someone in entertainment for Governor.

 

[laura]

Oh please... u are just mad cuz its Jeezus!

gnat.

 

[dante]

I've found that children are far more perseptive than most adults and speak their minds freely.

uh, it says 11 year resident, not 11 year old resident.

ink:

 

[laura]

uh, it says 11 year resident, not 11 year old resident.

ink:

HA! I didn't catch that, only the, "thats one smart kid statement". Me and coffee have a starnge relationship.

 

[N8 v2.0]

I'm just on board for a ride down to the P&WNed fourm...





:hot:

 

[laura]

I'm just on board for a ride down to the P&WNed fourm...





:hot:

nuh-uh. I don't go in there.

 

[goofy]

I wonder how many people could be fed or clothed with that kind of money?

Good thing Jesus commanded his followers to screw the needy and engage in idolotry.

i agree it is a waste since that money could have whent to helping the people in the area.
Imo the church has lost sight of what christianity stands for.
Btw I was raised as an evangelical christian but no longer attend church.

 

[goofy]

Main Entry: con·done
: to pardon or overlook voluntarily; especially : to treat as if trivial, harmless, or of no importance <condone corruption in politics>

Main Entry: sup·port
1 : to endure bravely or quietly : BEAR
2 a (1) : to promote the interests or cause of (2) : to uphold or defend as valid or right : ADVOCATE


The condemnation (I assume thats the word you meant to use) is towards the wasting of resources frivolously in an area of town where people are dying of diabetese because of lack of health resources, children go to bed hungry nightly, and close to one person a day is shot.

Well put

 

[Total Heckler]

That is AWESOME!



Not really though. The money could be used for much better and useful things.

 

[laura]

That is AWESOME!

I will now only refer to it as the 8th wonder of the world.

 

[dhbuilder]

Yep, they should just go ahead and elect Dolly Parton Governor.
Ole Tits McGee.
Nah, you would really have to live in a state full of retards to elect someone in entertainment for Governor.

actually this state now has a better governor than it deserves.

the first thing he did when he came to power was sh..can the head of the tennessee dept. of transportation. who's main goal was to pave over the entire state.
he's now doing his best to get rid of the financial anchor that is tenncare.

and dolly ?
her face has been pulled so tight, she now resembles the trophy bass that my uncle has hanging on his wall.

 

[laura]

Nah, you would really have to live in a state full of retards to elect someone in entertainment for Governor.

heh



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[DirtyDog]

And you people wonder why I hate the church.....

 

[dhbuilder]

And you people wonder why I hate the church.....

i don't wonder at all.
what's not to hate ?

an organized buisness exempt from taxation.
that exists to instill a life time of guilt and an afterlife of eternal damnation. that they can rid you of by relieving you of that root of all evil. your $$$.

 

[erastusboy]

I see this everytime I drive to Dayton from Cincy. Apparently the lady who funded the whole church recieved her fortune in a very unchristainly manner (either embezzler or a goldigger i cant remember)

more pictures here

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/OHMONjesus.html

 

[Heath Sherratt]

Wow, that's exactly what's wrong with the church in general. When Jesus said feed the needy-that's what He meant-He meant feed the needy-the ones right outside your doors picking through your trash. What a travesty.

 

[Westy]

Folks are free to do what they like with their money, even if it doesn't acheive what they are working for. Pretty much any monument anywhere could have had its funds directed to more positive ends, like the statue of liberty itself. Personally I see the biggest problem is it being really tacky. It could have made a much more elegant and lasting statement if it was an original creation. In the end the original SOL will stand in peoples minds not that POS, kind of like Rocky will be considered a good movie and Rocky V a waste of time and money.

 

[Demomonkey]

I'm going to make my own statue called "The Statue of Libation".

How about "The Statue of (Economic and Religious) Captivity"?

 

[jdcamb]

And you people wonder why I hate the church.....

Nah. We don't. I don't exactly hate the church. Just a little leary of them. Most christians have no idea how scary they seem to others who are not. That f'n statue is scary.