[quote name='myl0r']It's simply another instance of insane Christians thinking they are making a difference in the world by spending $250k on something like this(you have to figure they will rebuild it, and the first time it cost $250k), instead of spending that money on something more worthy and something that might please God a bit more, like working with Cincinnati homeless/orphaned, or helping victims of natural disasters.
On second thought, 6 story Jesus sounds like a MUCH better idea[/QUOTE]
Cincinnati is a closeted world where the Horatio Alger myth dominates attitudes towards social institutions. It's a city of self-loathing Jeff Lebowskis (not "the dude" kind, the "get a job, sir!" kind). People who are incapable of the basest degree of human empathy, understanding, and respect, and people who are so cynical they're always waiting for the other shoe to drop.
People who vote to subsidize the costs of operating two private businesses by approving, via popular vote, two 1/2¢ sales tax increases to build Paul Brown Stadium (Bengals) and Great American Ballpark (Reds). The same people who also consistently vote to defeat tax levies to build a new, expanded jail as well as improve the poor condition of public schools.
Racist pigs who gleefully engage in the semantic racism of the day, decrying "thugs" and "urban" life, all the while claiming to not be speaking of any specific race. The same city that has had a Ku Klux Klan display at the city's social center, Fountain Square, for the better part of my own life.
A city that is home to the Solid Rock Church (ok, it's not 'Cincinnati' proper, but it's the northwestern suburb of Westchester, which is where all the white flight wealthy scared-of-the-blacks-in-the-city Republicans have moved). Another creation of the Church of America god, guns and low taxes mentality (let's not pretend like there isn't harmony in "non-demoninational" churches - they're just political pulpits for the easily swayed supply-side Christians - those for whom Glen Beck is a prophet and the idea of "social justice" is not what their God or Christ would support).
Their willingness to spend upwards of $700,000 to recreate their golden calf instead of serving people in the community who might need it - that is an indication of Cincinnatians in a nutshell. Jesus did not wash the feet of the poor; he gave them applications to work at McDonald's.
On the upside, I always enjoyed the drive up I-75; about 1/4 mile south of "touchdown jesus" was a sign for a flea market called Trader's World. For whatever reason, there was a giant sculpture of a horse standing on its hind legs above the sign that said "TRADER'S WORLD NEXT RIGHT." That horse was not only large, but anatomically correct.
Also near Big Butter Jesus but not touched by God's Mighty Lightning? A very large Hustler store and one of the only Muslim temples in the area.
Love it.
, well, I guess that means more pizza for me.
