Comments on: Big Butter Jesus

By: TracieW

TracieW — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 03:04:17 +0000

Well look its me on the far left, lol

By: Gaby

Gaby — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:53:09 +0000

No words, really......

Also, Hustler Mega Store wtf

By: MoonCake

MoonCake — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 02:10:56 +0000

i grew up in west chester, which is two exits down 75 from what i call touchdown jesus. whenever i pass it, i yell "touchdown!" and sometimes spout out an elaborate play prior to the yell, JUST because it's so ridiculous and evangelical. anyways, so i've been up here in dayton for that last 4 years going to school and i just so happen to pass this damn statue every time i visit the family or make a general trip back home. well, when my boyfriend and i started dating, he lived down in west chester while i was in dayton (only a couple exits off 75 up from jesus), and of course every trip up here, he passed the statue as well. it was perfectly placed though, because it was EXACTLY half-way between our locations: exactly 60 minutes. so every time he was coming up to see me, he would throw me a "touchdown" to let me know that he would be there in half-hour. it's just amzing how much i've heard about this dumb statue outside of my own expriences with it, and trust me, people.. it's not that great a spectacle. if you haven't seen it, it's worth an hour drive, but any further you're wasting your time. actually, no-- come far and wide! everyone needs to know how far we've sunk.

By: Lea

Lea — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:25:22 +0000

I also love the mushroom house.

By: Shay

Shay — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:55:43 +0000

Wait till you see the the Dutch's giant Nutella Abraham.

By: heather

heather — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:22:10 +0000

Wieeerd. The song is hilarious, though. but you have to wonder what those people were thinking. Instead of dedicating the time, money and food it took to build the statue, they could have easily fed hundreds of people (not with solid butter of course, but you get the idea) and helped the community instead of being a national punchline.

By: Benny Lava

Benny Lava — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:20:57 +0000

I agree, emptyminded. We need a giant Butter Flying Spaghetti Monster.

By: MJG

MJG — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:23:45 +0000

Sacrilegious, I think. Traveling regularly to Cinci and seeing this always makes me shake my head and think how awful these "mega-churches" really are. Are the people there worshiping God, or are they worshiping the pastor and his graven creations? Besides, it figures it would be next to the Traders World flea market and across from the Turtle Creek flea market in Mason. Oh, and the "truck stop" there on Route 63 is a known prostitutional "den of iniquity", and the Hustler Mega Store is just around the corner! Lots to do down there in good ol' Mason.

By: Caro

Caro — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:23:54 +0000

I lived in the 'Nati for 2 years, and I always took visitors to see "Creepy Jesus", as we called it. I wanted to go to a service there sometime, but was warned that I might encounter proselytizing that verged on stalking. Makes you wonder what the local food pantry or women's shelter could have done with that $250,000.

As an aside, have you been by the Mushroom House yet?

By: Carl Huber

Carl Huber — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:59:24 +0000

"Finally, if your outing to see the Giant Jesus hasn’t been sacrilegious enough"

Wow.

Please don't just be mean.

By: Queer in the Cincy

Queer in the Cincy — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:47:16 +0000

Hey! I didn't realize you were a local!

Welcome to town!

And yes, the touchdown jesus/big butter jesus is a thing of legend around here.

By: Graham Crumb

Graham Crumb — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:02:49 +0000

That statue of the angel defeating Satan is a fairly blatant rip-off of one that sits in Place Saint Michel in Paris, a hop, skip and a jump away from the Sorbonne. ... Not that religious artists are generally rewarded for their originality....

By: emptyminded

emptyminded — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:29:20 +0000

I only wish more groups would do this type of grand scale art. It would be so cool.

By: Pudifoot

Pudifoot — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:06:01 +0000

Scooter: i think it is in that Top Ten list.

By: Scooter

Scooter — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:37:00 +0000

isn't there something in the bible about making graven images?

By: ted

ted — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:32:50 +0000

Lame song.

Reminds me of the two statues at the top of the steps to the Campidoglio in Rome. I've seen girls having their picture taken halfway down the steps, apparently cupping the statues' genitalia in either hand.

By: CheeseDuck

CheeseDuck — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:51:10 +0000

Big Butter Jesus!?

By: oakling

oakling — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:42:03 +0000

Now they just need to spray-paint it a nice realistic mahogany!

By: NiteWhite

NiteWhite — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:07:38 +0000

Further proof god does not exist.

By: blandrew

blandrew — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:02:11 +0000

if you are in cinci and looking for more jesus-themed day trips go to the http://www.creationmuseum.org/

By: DrJones

DrJones — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:29:28 +0000

prove*

By: DrJones

DrJones — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:29:13 +0000

How is this proff that God does not exist?

By: Xinavera

Xinavera — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:24:40 +0000

Further proof that god does not exist.

By: Pudifoot

Pudifoot — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:22:36 +0000

They need to build 3 more butter jesus next to the first one. the other jesus doing "M", "C" and "A"

By: Lea

Lea — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:03:20 +0000

I'm in Cincinnati too. We also call it Touchdown Jesus, Rollercoaster Jesus, and Sinking Jesus. The Heywood Banks song was played on Bob & Tom, a crude (and usually hilarious) local morning show.
I'm not religious, but I would love to be able to say "Oh yeah, I go to the Butter Jesus church..." >.> or not.

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:47:38 +0000

I live in Cincinnati, born & raised, and you wouldn't believe the uproar when that thing was built. Now the 'Nati has settled down into a more comfortable love-hate relationship with the Buttery One, as in, most of us hate it but love to see people's faces when they experience it for the first time! We love to give the ol' Land-o-Lakes Lord a hard time (who doesn't love the Heywood Banks song? Hilarious!).

By: Pudifoot

Pudifoot — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:07:15 +0000

That's one of the largest jesus-shaped butter statues i have ever seen!

By: Manticore

Manticore — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:06:59 +0000

wow, there's one more thing I need to do in Ohio.
I'm such a bad Ohioan. haha. I've never even heard of that!!
I think when I go, I'll make it look like Jesus is sneaking a feelski.
haha