This 62-foot-high statue of Jesus Christ that loomed outside and dwarfed the evangelical Solid Rock Church in Monroe, Ohio, and was clearly visible to horrified motorists along Interstate 75, had been nicknamed “Touchdown Jesus” because the pose reminded people of a football referee’s signal that a touchdown has been scored. Last night, in a blessed act of God, a bolt of lightning touched down on the steel-and-fiberglass sculpture and burned it to ashes, less than two months after the monstrosity was given its first major renovation (60 gallons of white paint) since being erected in 2004. (via WaPo)