CLICK HERE to read about The Statue of Liberation Through Christ, a 72-fot tall structure unveiled in Memphis this week. In case you don't want to do the free login to the NY Times, here are some highlights:
"...a brown shroud much like a burqa was pulled away to reveal a giant statue of the Lady, but with the Ten Commandments under one arm and "Jehovah" inscribed on her crown.
And in place of a torch, she held aloft a large gold cross, as if to ward off the pawnshops, the car dealerships and the discount furniture outlets at the busy corner of Kirby Parkway and Winchester that is her home. A single tear graced her cheek."
"Most of the customers at the Dixie Queen food counter near the church viewed the statue as a cheap attention grab..."
"Mr. Williams, a very successful pastor whose church, World Overcomers, qualifies as mega: it has a school, a bowling alley, a roller rink, a bookstore and, he said, 12,000 members."
" In another book, he said Hurricane Katrina was retribution for New Orleans's embrace of sin."
"I decree the spirit of conviction on this intersection..."
The intersection was outside the church, not inside at the corner of the bowling alley and the roller rink.
2 comments:
You're just happy it's in your state. It's okay, tell us the truth, you took the picture didn't you? :-)
Had I been there I would have. This needs to go in my photographer friend's book of church marquee signs.
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