Sunday, April 12, 2009

Church Unveils Lego Resurrected Jesus

One Swedish Church celebrated the Easter Sunday by unveiling a life-sized statue of Jesus. The statue is made of Legos, over 30,000 pieces, and it resembles a 19th century statue depicting the resurrection of Christ. The construction of the statue began over a year and a half ago, perfectly timed for today's celebration services.

The statue has a permanent residence at the Church, as there are no plans to sell it to raise money.

(h/t Huffington Post)

7 comments:

Katie said...

Something I've never been real clear about. Maybe the theologians here can help. :-)

How is it possible to follow the proscription against having idols (Exodus 20:2-17), while still having statues, icons, etc.? What's the difference?

Drew said...

you worship idols, you meditate with icons, you look at statues.

Katie said...

Gotcha. Thanks!

Unknown said...

And, if you're an artist, you add a critique.

Drew said...

Hahaha. Although, critiquing an idol might be a smite-able offense.

Timofy said...

So, I'll bite, what's the difference between looking at a statue of someone/thing that you worship and actual worship of the statue? If I salute the flag or kneel before a cross, is that idolatry? Or is it that I can recognize there can be more than one statue of the same thing, ie. not a relic?

Darren Staley said...

I recall reading in Theology that this was a pretty big issue throughout Christianity. During the Reformation the Protestants went through doing a Number 6 on the statues, etc.

For those unfamiliar with a Number 6, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UM9GjnTFIM

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