It meant nothing to me and was a mockery..especially now since they will spend all that money to rebuild..let me make it perfectly clear that I am sure spending that kind of money breaking the 2nd commandment('You shall not make for yourself a carved image--any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth) IS NOT GOD'S work..but it's not up to me to judge..that belongs to the almighty..

I remember driving by this roadside attraction while on my way to Cincinnati last month. Next time it should be made of stone rather than fiberglass. The fire video on You Tube goes to show that it was quite flammable. Talk about being on fire for Jesus or rather a Jesus on fire for Jesus.

P.S. 75% of those interviewed about this 'attraction' in Monroe Ohio considered it an eyesore. If most people in this country consider this to be a laugh than it has never really served its purpose. Why rebuild?

Touchdown Jesus? What a mockery to our Lord and King!!!

Galatians 6:7 (NIV) 7Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.

1 John 5:21 (NIV) 21Dear children, keep yourselves from idols.

Serves them right for wasting 250K on this statue instead of donating it to a better cause. Of course now they will spend another 700K to fix the damage and repair it. That's $1M gone down the drain. Job well done!

"I'm thinking it's a sign from Jesus that we need to learn something, as Christians, as a whole, we're not doing something right," ----> yeah, don't waste money on stupidity.

Someone on Facebook cleverly noted that it looks like Jesus gave his life for the church. ;-)

* It's just too bad that no one ever taught Jesus how to Stop, Drop and Roll.

* What did Jesus ever do to make God want to strike him down by lightning??

* A million dollars? That's no problem. We can rebuild him. We have the technology... Better than he was before. Better, stronger, faster."

* Jesus statue destroyed by lightning but church plans on making a new one. The sign is already up, "People get ready! Jesus is coming back."

* The church's "co-pastor" said they'd rebuild the statue and make sure its 'fireproof'... does this mean Kirk Cameron will preside over the christening of the next idol??

that's a scary coincidence... IF it is realy a coincidence. Of all the others that could be struck by this lightning, why the statue? I think the man upstairs is getting serious about enforcing his commandment that: "You shall not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above..."

Well Said People. All your comments are to the point.
I only hope this church does not spend another fortune to raise up another Idol. Jesus and Idol worship don't go hand in hand.

Isaiah 14:16-17
They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms
That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?

Wake up Church.... it is "Water Baptism" It is John the Baptist!
Look at what he has done to this world. Fear God. Stay away from any church that follow IDOL WORSHIP.

This would be funny if it wasn't so sad, and sad if it wasn't so funny.

This act of god clearly shows that god wants us to worship Him in spirit and in truth, not by idolizing Him with a statue

While this certainly could be a direct act of God, making the leap to interpreting it as such immediately without prayerful reflection strikes me as dangerous and irresponsible.
While it turns my stomach to think of a church spending over $200,000 on a statue of Jesus (and an additional $500,000 on a music theater), there are many churches spending more money in worse ways who have not been punished via lightning.

As tacky as the 'Touchdown Jesus' was I am not sure if the church wanted to construct it as an idol to be worshiped. In this day we have way, way too many ways of creating false images (idols) of Jesus and I'm not taking about what we make with paint, fiberglass and metal.

Having said that I still see no need to rebuild this roadside attraction. We already have enough giant bats, balls of twine ect.

People are asking why? Seriously??? When you stick two steel super-structures straight up in the air without proper lightning suppression/grounding, AND you cover that superstructure with a flammable plastic/foam mixture, you have basically invented a giant flash bulb. Don't blame God. Don't blame the devil. Have someone's lawyers talk to the architect.

Me thinks our Almighty God has a delightful sense of humor.

"Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man..." Romans 1:22-23

I'm not sure what is funnier:
1) the fact that Jesus was a roadside eyesore;
2) the fact that Eyesore Jesus was so easily and completely destroyed by such an ordinary electrical event, or
3) the fact that scores of silly superstitious people are flailing about trying so desperately to attach supernatural significance -- "OOOH, what is God trying to tell us?!" -- to such a commonplace and predictable occurance.

Lighting strikes only a gazillion times a day and if it strikes a flammable substance -- voila! -- a fire starts. It ain't magic. It ain't special. And there ain't no Message from the Almighty in it.

The drama queens can all calm down now.

it strikes me as odd,that christians are either placing no significance on this happening.or saying that it must be god trying to tell them something.but when earthquakes or tsunamis hit non christian countries,its an act of god punishing them for practising voodoo.or not following the christia god.
methinks double standards are apparent in christianity.

Strange that some would say, "act of God." But when someone is killed by lightning, they say, "the Devil." You either believe that He is in control of everything and is Sovereign, or He is at the whim of your own interpretation. I choose the former. Say you?