You'd think my 100th entry would be something astounding. A work of art. A well-crafted, finely-tuned masterpiece of journalistic excellence.
Instead, I'm going to share one of my biggest religious pet peeves.
Church signs. What possesses people to put those ridiculous puns or worse on their signs? Do they honestly think this is thought-provoking or enticing to people? I mean, really. I believe in the God of the Bible and I take my faith and church in general seriously. So if I groan and roll my eyes at something, what on earth are the people who hate God and everything the Bible stands for thinking?
The absolute worst I've ever seen is actually not a sign at all. It's a... I guess you'd call it a statue. It's the most grotesque, abhorrent thing I've ever seen, and I still canNOT believe it really exists. But oh yes, it resides just a few hundred feet from a major north-south interstate so that hundreds of thousands of people from all over the country can see, laugh, and tell others about our area's monstrous piece of shame.
The church actually thinks this a beautiful piece of art. The website brags: "Reportedly the "King of Kings" is the largest sculpture of Christ in America." I should hope so, since it's 62 feet tall. And hopefully no-one ever tries to beat this record. It is one that should stand in infamy.
I've nicknamed this thing "King Tritan" because the face reminds me of the Greek god of the sea. I will admit to praying imprecatory prayers for lightning to strike the thing. Or a tornado to blast it to bits. The only good I can say about it is that it is not covered with gold leaf.
Last night I ran across this entry on church signs. I loved the spoof signs they created. Try it yourself here. I am resisting the temptation to create signs of my own.
Ok. I couldn't resist.
I'll write more about this tomorrow.
What's the worst church sign (or edifice) you've ever seen?
