Well this seems pointless - but nevertheless is amusing for its absurdity. This group's goal is to build the world's largest cross in Nazareth with a church in the middle. Here's their goal, from the website:
The Nazareth Cross Project aims to build the world’s largest and most impressive cross, standing at 60 meters tall, housing a magnificent church in its center. The cross will be decorated by some 7.2 million brilliant mosaic tiles of varying sizes, each one with a personal engraving. These tiles will be made of stone from Nazareth,or platinum, silver or gold.
If you've lived in Cincinnati, you'll note the potential similarity to everyone's favorite giant, useless religious artifact: Touchdown Jesus!
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"The kick is up and..... IT'S GOOD!"
If you don't find yourself heading to Nazarath any time soon, but still wish to see a larger than life cross, drive through Texas. I can't remember specifically where, but they claim it's the largest cross in the hemisphere.
They also had a raffle for a Toyota 4Runner, if you're interested.
Hmm . . . so it looks like the cross in Texas has a website:
http://crossministries.net/
Imaginative name, too. For those who are interested, you can visit the site and read the riveting tale of this oh-so-inspirational evangelistic tool. Ten million people pass by it every year! I wonder how many of them say, "Look at that giant cross! Hey, I need to give my life to Jesus!"
There is a large cross like the one in Texas on I-75 outside of KNoxville.
Honestly, I"m not normally a fan of wasting money on such buildings...but you have to give credit to the people that built it. It's right next to a HUGE porn mall.
They seriously need to put a sign on it that reads..."Jesus is watching you."
I would laugh.
-Dj
While somewhat amusing, I'd still have to wonder what the point is to put the statue up. People who go to such a place (as the porn mall you mentioned) have a serious problem - and many of them are deep in guilt. Perhaps the church is better served using that money trying to honestly minister to people with a pornography or sex addiction. Putting up a giant cross, while perhaps making people feel guilty, isn't going to give them a way of changing their behavior. Nor are they likely to visit a church because the church tried to guilt or humiliate them into it.
Sorry to be so serious about this DJ - and believe me, I do understand the humor. But too often churches have taken this approach to people addicted to pornography (similar approaches are taken when we erect big signs near bars or abortion clinics). Humiliation and guilt are not effective motivators for conversion - and in the few situations in which they might work, I would wonder what kind of Christianity we're converting people into. Genuine love and care for people speaks a great deal more to people addicted to sinful behavior.
On the humorous side, though - I once saw an ashtray with a picture of Jesus' face in it and the caption "Jesus hates it when you smoke." Highly amusing to me - but not what I'd use to honestly encourage someone to stop smoking.
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