Chile Outraged Over Giant Pope Statue

globalpost.com:

SANTIAGO, Chile -- The neighbors couldn't help but notice the huge head of Pope John Paul II rising out of the sculptor's workshop next door.

Hidden behind the walls, the pope's left hand gripped Jesus on the cross while his right extended outward, an imitation of the gesture he had made during his visit to Santiago two decades earlier.

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Comments

[mulegino]

I like the headline "Chile outraged..." as if a giant mouth/crater had suddenly opened up in the Chilean land mass from which a voice proceeded: "I, Chile, am outraged." What a distortion! I'm not saying that everybody in Chile is happy with this, but there are as many opinions on it as there are Chileans.
Gross generalizations are effective especially on sites where Christianity in general and Catholicism in particular are barely tolerated, if not openly mocked, ridiculed and subject to what, in other circumstances, would be labelled "hate speech". But this is a bit much.

[bismillah001]

Spot on.

[JustAThought56]

Hmmm...Sarah Silverman may be right after all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bObItmxAGc

[duxguts]

God works in mysterious ways.

[Aroon]

Idol worshippers!!!!

[hippie4ever]

It should have been constructed out of llama dung.

[lightningbolt]

I thought idolatry was forbidden in Christianity.

[jalyn]

It is, but the Catholic church decided otherwise. Their display of saints and statues in cathedrals is something fundamentalist christians don't ascribe to.

[PKatherine]

this is outrageous!! the money should have been used for scholarships!!!!!!

[helonias]

Will the poor be able to eat it?

[PKatherine]

we shall see.

[helonias]

Well at least he not riding on a golden calf.

That would be a bit much

[KIVPossum]

Some years ago there was a 25" Jesus beside I-81 in western VA that someone built in their backyard. I bet it came in far under 3/4million$.

[Marius Holletzek]

test-comment.

[iMissMollyIvins]

Hey Mayor, is that a huge false idol in your town square, or are you just happy to see me?

[MIKEinNYC]

If someone wants to build this statue why should we care?

[wadenelson1]

Someone call the Taliban.

They know what to do with gigantic graven images.

[minimalist syntax]

LOL!

[watchTVgetSTUPID]

Taliban and intolerant Christian fanaticism are the same under the cloth. What is the difference between the Taliban advocating political asassinations and Pat Robinson advocating on his media network the asassination of Venezuella's Chavez?

[vascopyjama]

This should do wonders for world hunger.