Jesus statue in Rio de Janeiro struck by lightning....Awesome pictures!!

Surprised this hasn't been posted yet, the pics are awesome to see.....

This occurred a few days ago as a spectacular electrical storm lit up the sky






Well... He is Jesus!

This is the staggering moment that the 100-foot tall statue of Jesus that towers over Rio de Janeiro was hit by lightning.

The Christ the Redeemer statue was struck in the early hours of Wednesday morning as a spectacular electrical storm lit up the sky.

The iconic statue is the largest stone-work of Jesus ever built and stands more than 2,000 feet above Rio on top of the Corcovado Hill.

Enjoy!!!

reply to post by snarky412


I knew it..... Jesus is the emperor from Star wars.
Cool pics

Its a act of God!

Wow! What's that statue made of that it can stand up to that assault and not blow into a million pieces?

I presume it's equipped with a lightning rod built in?

There's a religious commentary or joke in here somewhere, but I can't quite put my finger on it...

reply to post by signalfire


It broke it's middle finger off.

Wow! I never EVER seen anything like this! Freaking incredible I mean who would'a thought this could happen to Jesus WOW. I wish I could give you 50 stars and flags. you rock!

reply to post by signalfire

It missed the lightning rod and damaged "the hand of god".

Click me

reply to post by boymonkey74


Thanks, I forgot to post that

The last time it had damage from lightning was in 2008
At least this time it was only the finger, the Almighty One at that!!!!!!

Awesome pics! Very cool indeed.

reply to post by Mamatus

Wow! I never EVER seen anything like this! Freaking incredible I mean who would'a thought this could happen to Jesus WOW. I wish I could give you 50 stars and flags. you rock!

edit on 23-1-2014 by Mamatus because: Added Icons just in case they give a crap about yet another duplicate thread.

WTH????
I caught your little 'edit' snip

First of all, I don't care about S&F
I posted this after I did a search, which nothing came up and posted this for ME for future reference
As well as others that might find this interesting that have NOT seen it before either

Excuse me for inconveniencing you by having you look at this thread
God forbid

Have a nice day

reply to post by snarky412


Don't take it personally as no offense was intended. It's been that kind of week on ATS. I have a rule I use before posting anything here and it saves me a ton of time searching ATS. It goes like this: If the picture, story or item is more than 48 hours old then it has already been posted lol.

I need to take a break from here anyway. There is not a single item on the NEW page I have not seen for well over a month now. I don't get out enough this time of the year lol.

Eww I have one.



It must happen fairly often.

Jesus wants a hug!

Yahweh is obviously a little pissed about us breaking the 2nd Commandment!!

He must be more than a little upset his omnipotence failed to bring it down.

reply to post by Lucid Lunacy


You beat me too it.

IMHO, I think this gives me faith that God does not exist like most revere him to be.

reply to post by snarky412


the prince of air (satan/zeus/jhvh) hates jesus so much

j/k

peace