MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Lightning chips a finger from Christ the Redeemer right hand
Christ the Redeemer, the iconic statue with its arms extended overlooking Rio de Janeiro in Brazil was struck by lightning damaging the statue's right hand thumb, making it lose one finger, according to officials from the Archdiocese of Rio, which manages the statue. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesBiggest lightening conductor in SA then?
Jan 21st, 2014 - 02:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Crap joke.
Jan 21st, 2014 - 02:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Thumb's down...
Great photo.
Jan 21st, 2014 - 03:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Maybe God is angry that there is a craven image of a false God on display.
Jan 21st, 2014 - 03:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.”
If the statue was facing Argentina's direction, and the lightning had left behind just the middle finger, I'd become a full-fledged believer. ;)
Jan 21st, 2014 - 04:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@ 5 Britninja
Jan 21st, 2014 - 06:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0BRILLIANT.
Whoops. Meant to take its head off. Missed!
Jan 21st, 2014 - 10:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Looks like the statue is using the Dark Side of the Force.
Jan 22nd, 2014 - 01:17 am - Link - Report abuse 0The pic at the top is just brilliant :) kudos to the photographer who ever it was :). no 8 thats a rather good description :)
Jan 23rd, 2014 - 05:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Commenting for this story is now closed.
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