Church constructs monument to Christianity in likeness of Lady Liberty.
July 11, 2006 7:39 AM Subscribe
The statue's famous inscription -- "Give me your tired, your poor ..." -- has been replaced with Roman numerals representing the Ten Commandments. "People cannot drive by our statue without thinking about their relationship with God."
This post was deleted for the following reason: yes, we did this last week.
That'll make a very nice paintball target, I think. Aim for the groin!
posted by mds35 at 7:43 AM on July 11, 2006
posted by mds35 at 7:43 AM on July 11, 2006
Wow, The statue is bigoted and unoriginal. Why not make it toxic, too, and go for the trifecta.
posted by jonmc at 7:44 AM on July 11, 2006
posted by jonmc at 7:44 AM on July 11, 2006
The existence of the statue is already known to us. If someone vandalizes it in a clever fashion, then it will be news.
posted by Faint of Butt at 7:44 AM on July 11, 2006
posted by Faint of Butt at 7:44 AM on July 11, 2006
We did this last week, no?
Yeah, but this article is like ten times better just because of the picture of Lady Liberty covered up like an Afghani woman.
posted by magodesky at 7:45 AM on July 11, 2006
Yeah, but this article is like ten times better just because of the picture of Lady Liberty covered up like an Afghani woman.
posted by magodesky at 7:45 AM on July 11, 2006
Regarding my relationship with god, currently we're not on speaking terms. That bastard never returns my calls.
posted by scratch at 7:49 AM on July 11, 2006
posted by scratch at 7:49 AM on July 11, 2006
Next up: a replica of the Lincoln Memorial, only with Jesus (you know, the white guy with the hippie hair) sitting in the chair.
posted by kozad at 7:58 AM on July 11, 2006
posted by kozad at 7:58 AM on July 11, 2006
"People cannot drive by our statue without thinking about their relationship with God."
I guess if they want me to wish I was never born just so I wouldn't ever have to look at anything so stupid, then, yeah, mission accomplished.
posted by thekilgore at 8:00 AM on July 11, 2006
I guess if they want me to wish I was never born just so I wouldn't ever have to look at anything so stupid, then, yeah, mission accomplished.
posted by thekilgore at 8:00 AM on July 11, 2006
I'm guessing that driving by the statue I'd be filled with the impression that it's just wrong. Just like driving on some boulevard and being awed by the sight of a beautiful young woman, and immediately finding out that she's a prostitute.
posted by clevershark at 8:07 AM on July 11, 2006
posted by clevershark at 8:07 AM on July 11, 2006
clevershark: ...being awed by the sight of a beautiful young woman, and immediately finding out that she's a prostitute.
Look on the bright side, that means you'd have a shot with her.
posted by Gamblor at 8:49 AM on July 11, 2006
Look on the bright side, that means you'd have a shot with her.
posted by Gamblor at 8:49 AM on July 11, 2006
Next up: a replica of the Lincoln Memorial, only with Jesus (you know, the white guy with the hippie hair) sitting in the chair.
Don't think they haven't thought of that.
posted by SteveInMaine at 8:50 AM on July 11, 2006
Don't think they haven't thought of that.
posted by SteveInMaine at 8:50 AM on July 11, 2006
It's like the ending of Planet of the Apes, except with Jesus Lincoln instead of Ape Lincoln.
posted by Astro Zombie at 8:54 AM on July 11, 2006
posted by Astro Zombie at 8:54 AM on July 11, 2006
It's like the ending of Planet of the Apes, except with Jesus Lincoln
Hey, nobody fucks with the Jesus.
posted by jonmc at 8:58 AM on July 11, 2006
Hey, nobody fucks with the Jesus.
posted by jonmc at 8:58 AM on July 11, 2006
(4) You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not then adorn said idol with this very text as though you had never read it. Hello? Is anyone there? Bueller? Bueller?
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 8:59 AM on July 11, 2006 [1 favorite]
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 8:59 AM on July 11, 2006 [1 favorite]
I love to hate the benighted, tacky Xtians as much as anyone, but why is this post still here?
posted by everichon at 9:16 AM on July 11, 2006
posted by everichon at 9:16 AM on July 11, 2006
Because unlike The LadyChrist™, The Mathowie is not everywhere at once.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 9:19 AM on July 11, 2006
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 9:19 AM on July 11, 2006
Because unlike The LadyChrist™, The Mathowie is not everywhere at once.
Kull wahad...this heretic is bold.
posted by everichon at 9:22 AM on July 11, 2006
Kull wahad...this heretic is bold.
posted by everichon at 9:22 AM on July 11, 2006
Oh my God. I'm back. I'm home. All the time, it was... We finally really did it. You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 9:22 AM on July 11, 2006
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 9:22 AM on July 11, 2006
So is Lady Liberty wearing a berka?
posted by BillyElmore at 9:26 AM on July 11, 2006
posted by BillyElmore at 9:26 AM on July 11, 2006
Lady Liberty's uncovered eyes already peer down on the community. A tear falls from her right eye representing her concern for America.I yearn to comment on the heavy-handedness of this imagery, but it would just be wasted, here. (Really, a tear?! Good grief, isn't there a commandment forbidding wanton and manipulative sentimentality?)
Church members said the mixture of the statue and Christian symbols represent "America belonging to God through Jesus Christ."The combination does speak to me. It reminds me of an editorial cartoon conceit, where you take a well-known symbol and then alter it -- and then, give the symbol tears or an expression of pain to express its sense of degradation at being so used.
The statue's famous inscription -- "Give me your tired, your poor ..." -- has been replaced with Roman numerals representing the Ten Commandments.I love how important the Ten Commandments have become. Nobody gave more than a half of a good goddamn about them before the Reformation. But now they're deemed to be basic, even to Catholics. Nobody even reads the damn things. And if you try to get a Declogue Christian to read them, or show them the collisions between the Catholic, Protestant and Jewish versions, they just shut down on you. Good grief, people, practice some real religion, don't just follow some foolish set of rules! They can all talk the talk about spirituality, but when it comes to walking the walk, they don't even know where their fucking feet are, much less their shoes.
Have I mixed enough metaphors for one day?
posted by lodurr at 9:27 AM on July 11, 2006
The statue's famous inscription -- "Give me your tired, your poor ..." -- has been replaced with Roman numerals representing the Ten Commandments.This is NOT inscribed on the statue. It is a poem written two years before the statue was finished, and won a contest.
It is a poem called The New Colossus and it redefined the purpose of the statue. I love the statue of liberty, and both the original intent (Centennial Present, "originally intended as a monument to the principles of international republicanism") and the intent given by the poem, and abhor this new religious spin... however, faulty arguements just leave holes for the religious right to twist through.
posted by hatsix at 9:53 AM on July 11, 2006
You know my favorite commandment? "Thou shalt not covet your neighbor's house" ---- now if only the mouthbreathing hardcore religious nuts would go after "Trading Spaces" and leave everybody else the fuck alone.
posted by DenOfSizer at 10:12 AM on July 11, 2006
posted by DenOfSizer at 10:12 AM on July 11, 2006
I have nothing particular to add to this thread, but since it's getting deleted, why should that stop me?
posted by Ryvar at 10:25 AM on July 11, 2006
posted by Ryvar at 10:25 AM on July 11, 2006
Wow, is that god-dy!
This does nothing more than make me think I should've gone to Memphis already. I'm already suspect enough when it comes to large congregations of people. Megachurch?
Nashville's still got the draw of all draws for me, though (also unoriginal, but I wish every state in the union had one.
posted by Busithoth at 10:34 AM on July 11, 2006
This does nothing more than make me think I should've gone to Memphis already. I'm already suspect enough when it comes to large congregations of people. Megachurch?
Nashville's still got the draw of all draws for me, though (also unoriginal, but I wish every state in the union had one.
posted by Busithoth at 10:34 AM on July 11, 2006
You know my favorite commandment?
I've never been able to stop myself from coveting my neighbour's wife's ass.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 11:06 AM on July 11, 2006
I've never been able to stop myself from coveting my neighbour's wife's ass.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 11:06 AM on July 11, 2006
She's carrying a bum-shaped tablet!
To remind me not to covet my neighbour's wife's ass.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 11:08 AM on July 11, 2006
To remind me not to covet my neighbour's wife's ass.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 11:08 AM on July 11, 2006
Isn't the inscription on the statue "JVLY IV MDCCLXXVI"?
posted by [expletive deleted] at 11:30 AM on July 11, 2006
posted by [expletive deleted] at 11:30 AM on July 11, 2006
Well, I was on vacation when this was first posted...on an island...without a computer...so I, for one, am happy that this post reappeared. What an atrocity!
posted by kozad at 11:43 AM on July 11, 2006
posted by kozad at 11:43 AM on July 11, 2006
This could be a new trend. Let's see. What other historic monuments can we Christianized for no apparent reason?
How about the Great Sphinx of Christ?
Or, even better. ChristHenge.
The Eiffel Tower of the Lord.
And, of course, Put-the-Christ-Back-in-Easter Island.
posted by magodesky at 12:31 PM on July 11, 2006 [1 favorite]
How about the Great Sphinx of Christ?
Or, even better. ChristHenge.
The Eiffel Tower of the Lord.
And, of course, Put-the-Christ-Back-in-Easter Island.
posted by magodesky at 12:31 PM on July 11, 2006 [1 favorite]
"Put-the-Christ-Back-in-Easter Island."
Fucking brilliant!
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 12:37 PM on July 11, 2006
Fucking brilliant!
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 12:37 PM on July 11, 2006
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