Developer plans 200-foot-tall cross in Missouri

[struggle4progress]

Published May 11, 2012

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/11/developer-plans-200-foot-tall-cross-in-missouri/

[KurtNYC]

1. They see and think about the cross all the time yet they think God condomes capital punishment ?!

If Christ was killed in an electric chair would they build a 200 foot tall electric chair? Or a 200-foot long hypodermic needle for lethal injection?

..they know not what they do.

[cynatnite]

2. But it's not a graven image...nope, it sure isn't...

[deucemagnet]

3. God hates eyesores.

[struggle4progress]

12. +

[dmallind]

4. Private land, private money = who cares? People build silly things all the time

Occasionally they build beautiful things too. This doesn't look like it will qualify for the latter sadly (although depending on finished proportions and what those yellow/blue insets are it has some chance of at least being ok), but de gustibus and all that.

[Silent3]

5. That's a pretty good size for nailing up Rio's Christ the Redeemer

Way too small, however, for 900 ft. Jesus.

[Scuba]

6. Can't wait to see the pics of lightening striking it.

[rug]

15. It's spectacular when it happens.

[Enrique]

7. Fox News article is filled with talk of a war on Christian images

but they couldn't find anyone who is protesting this project. I'm sure they were bummed about that.

[Vincardog]

8. Right, because when Jesus returns the First thing he wants to see is a CROSS.

[sinkingfeeling]

9. Branson. Nothing is so tacky as Branson, MO.

[cbayer]

11. Isn't that the truth.

I drove through there once and will never forget it.

[cbayer]

10. I ran across something similar in Nebraska last road trip.

It was an enormous madonna surrounded by smaller saints.

The whole thing was rather bizarre as there had just been a freakish hailstorm (in the middle of the summer). The monument was surrounded by a solid layer of ice balls.

[obxhead]

13. "Brown hopes to have the $5 million project completed by the end of 2013."

$5 million.

Imagine how many poor and needy that could help.

Instead it will be used to build the world largest capital punishment device.

[4th law of robotics]

14. Eh, we've probably spent that much as a nation on pet-weddings by now

Point being: yes this is a waste of money, but we waste a lot of money on stupid things that don't really help anyone (except making those with too much time/money on their hands feel better).