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New “Statue of Liberation” - Free Styling Lady Liberty

July 6, 2006 |

Lady Liberty born again. So it seems as a mega church spent $260,000 dollars on the project. Whatever one may think it was ambitious. Also striking is that this is a black church which spear headed the new Lady Liberty.

Mr. Williams has written several books and pamphlets analyzing a variety of matters, among them patriotism and the original intent of the founding fathers.

In “The Meaning of the Statue of Liberation Through Christ: Reconnecting Patriotism With Christianity,” he explains that the teardrop on his Lady is God’s response to what he calls the nation’s ills, including legalized abortion, a lack of prayer in schools and the country’s “promotion of expressions of New Age, Wicca, secularism and humanism.” In another book, he said Hurricane Katrina was retribution for New Orleans’s embrace of sin.

Mr. Williams said his statue’s essential point was that Christianity should be the guiding ethos of the nation. But because the church he leads is predominantly black, as is he, there is an added dimension to the message.

It appears the Mr. Williams misspoke in his enthusiasm for the unveiling. While I would say it will get attention it certainly doesn’t prove anything except their willingness to take on the task.

“I decree the spirit of conviction on this intersection,” Mr. Williams boomed from a podium decorated with red, white and blue bunting. “This statue proves that Jesus Christ is Lord over America, he is Lord over Tennessee, he is Lord over Memphis.”

Church Marketing Sucks posted this section from the NY Times followed by their own comments.

“[It's] a creative means of just really letting people know that God is the foundation of our nation,” said the church’s pastor, Alton R. Williams. According to the New York Times, Williams has also bought full page ads in a Memphis paper condemning homosexuality, lists “legalized abortion, a lack of prayer in schools and the country’s ‘promotion of expressions of New Age, Wicca, secularism and humanism,’” among the nation’s ills, and claimed Hurricane Katrina was punishment for the sins of New Orleans.

Just add it to the other religious monuments, including ‘touchdown’ Jesus and the 99-foot eyesore.

I never heard of either of those monuments. If you did… then you are way ahead of me. Click on the link to Church Marketing Sucks and at the end of the article are the two links for the other monuments.


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2 Comments so far

  1. Independent Conservative on July 7, 2006 11:04 am

    Black Mega Church Builds Statue Praising God and Up Cry the Liberals

    All the Liberal crying over this one has really been a funny sight to see.
    Read the details over at Conservative Culture. About how a Black Mega Church erected a statue that actually promotes faith. (Who would have thought a CHURCH would ever do su…

  2. TONY LOPEZ-CISNEROS on July 11, 2006 2:16 pm

    PERSONALLY, THE PICTURE THAT YOU PROVIDED WITH THE ARTICLE LOOKS LIKE AN SPANISH-VATICANIST INQUISITOR; READY TO BURN THE HERETICS: WERE IT NOT THAT IT HELD A SATANIC-VATICANIST “CRUCIFIX” INSTEAD OF JUST AN PLAIN WOODEN TRADITIONAL ROMAN “CROSS”.

    DANGER: BEWARE, LEST WE GIVE THE SATANIC VATICAN FURTHER REASON & GROUND; FOR THEM TO PLAY THEIR RELIGIOUS GAMES OF HYPOCRACY ON OUR SERIOUS WAR AGAINST UNRIGHTEOUSNESS AND ANTI-AUTHORIZED-BIBLICAL-ORTHODOX-HISTORIC-HOLY-JUDEO-CHRISTIANITY.

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