Floating Jesus 'Rescued' From Texas River

[matcom]

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EAGLE PASS, Texas -- Some in South Texas are taking it as a sign from above.

When Border Patrol agents spotted a body in the Rio Grande, they launched a rescue mission. But the supposed victim turned out to be a life-size fiberglass statue of Jesus.

Now, the faithful are flocking to the Eagle Pass police station to view the figure. No one has claimed the statue. One woman told the San Antonio Express-News that it's a sign that Christ is alive and with us.

Authorities are considering what they'll do next. Two churches in the area have offered to take it, if the statue isn't claimed within the 90-day waiting period.

http://www.wftv.com/news/3766368/detail.html

[jeff30997]

1. OMFG !

Human stupidity is infinite !

[DS1]

2. I was there

I saw the fiberglass Jesus float by and saluted, and it winked back at me - somehow knowing I was waiting for the fiberglass Corvette to follow :eyes:

[RoundRockD]

3. My husband heard this on NPR and burst out laughing. n/t

[redqueen]

7. So did I

jinx!

[skygazer]

4. I guarantee that if Jesus is alive and with us

People just like this woman are spitting on him and reviling him and telling him to get his hair cut and get a job. I've often wondered what would happen if Jesus really did come back. The religious nuts seem to think he'd come floating into their church (and only theirs) from above which is a joke. He'd be out tending the poor and downtrodden and the so called righteous would treat him like a pariah. Again.

If you believe in any of that stuff. Which I really don't. But I do ponder it.

[arwalden]

5. Those Crazy Fundies Would See A Bird-Turd As A "Sign"

-- Allen

[shraby]

8. I would think they would take

the Jesus floating in the river as an adverse sign.

[arwalden]

9. Heh-heh.... you've got a point.

[JohnnyRingo]

6. And on the sixth day, God created.......

.....Fiberglas™

[The empressof all]

10. Send Bush Down the River

It's a sign I tell you a sign

[VelmaD]

11. My evil ex is from Eagle Pass...

blech.