This was the Touchdown Jesus of Solid Rock Church in Monroe, Ohio.
That monstrosity was six stories tall — a giant eyesore.
This was Touchdown Jesus last night.
Here's the odd thing: they're promising to rebuild it. You would think that it's a rather unambiguous sign when your giant idol is smitten by a bolt of lightning from heaven, erupts into an all-consuming conflagration, and burns to the ground that maybe Jehovah is a little bit fed up. Yet the Solid Rock Church plans to offend God again.
I guess they don't really believe.
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