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Virgin Statue Destroyed By Lightning In Colombia Ignites Religious Debate
By Cedar Attanasio | Aug 10 2015, 04:27PM EDT
An act of God destroyed a towering statue of the Virgin of Mount Carmel on Sunday night when a lightning bolt cleaved it in half, sending most of the icon into a bay. The 100-year-old statue was over 30 feet tall before the lightning blasted it off of a 60-foot tower mounted in the bay of Cartagena, Colombia. In local Catholic tradition, the Virgen del Carmen is the patron saint of mariners and teamsters.
Navy scuba divers from the Colombian armed forces were dispatched to rescue fragments of the statue from the bay floor, according to Noticias Caracol . They didnt have to dig that deep. Fragments of the Carmen statue were found about 5.5 feet below the water, not far from the base, according to a local radio news website . With a quick response, it looks like the statue will be on dry land again soon. Its unclear if the statue will be remounted, or moved to another location. Representatives of the city say that it is an iconic landmark.
Its not the first time that a large religious statue has been struck by lightning. A Christ statue in Cali was struck several times, rendering it a teetering public safety hazard in 2014 .
On social media, interpretations of the meaning of the lightning strike were hotly debated. Comments on Spanish-language news reports of the statues collapse were quickly taken over by debates on the possible message that the lightning had.
More:
http://www.latintimes.com/virgen-del-carmen-statue-destroyed-lightening-demolishes-monument-cartagena-colombia-333894
safeinOhio
(32,711 posts)Android3.14
(5,402 posts)Opposites attract?
MisterP
(23,730 posts)it's the same thing they tried to prove in the 90s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chute_na_santa_incident
Judi Lynn
(160,588 posts)Absolutely amazing.
The second link is something I was lucky enough to learn about in the last several years. Delightful!
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Thanks for the reminder!
(We have grown to expect this kind of stupidity in US American fundie churches, but to see it in Brazil is really unnerving!)