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Swedish parishioners unveil Lego statue of Jesus
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| Sun, Apr. 12, 2009
Posted on 04/12/2009 11:29:39 AM PDT by JoeProBono
STOCKHOLM - Parishioners at a church in Sweden celebrated Easter on Sunday by unveiling a 6-foot-tall (1.8-meter-tall) statue of Jesus that they had built out of 30,000 Lego blocks.
It took the 40 volunteers about 18 months to put all the tiny plastic blocks together, and their creation shows a standing Jesus facing forward with his arms outstretched.
The Protestant church was filled to capacity with about 400 worshippers on Sunday when the statue went on display behind the altar, and some of the children in the congregation couldn't help but touch the white art work.
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Religion; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: jesus; lego; sweden
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A statue of Jesus Christ made entirely out of Lego construction bricks stands in a church at Vasteras, Sweden, April 12, 2009. The 1.8 metre (5.9 fet) tall statue, a copy of Thorvaldsen's "Resurrected Christ", has taken parishioners 1.5 years to construct out of 30.000 tiny plastic pieces
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
04/12/2009 11:33:30 AM PDT
by
ketelone
To: ketelone
I am sorry but I don’t see that as idolatory.
IMHO it was a labor of love by people who truly love Jesus.
This projects was a manifestation of that love.
To: Maine Mariner
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posted on
04/12/2009 11:41:45 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono; Charles Henrickson
And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task.
— Isaiah 5:19
To: JoeProBono
Thanks for providing a picture of the church and the Lego-titioners.
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posted on
04/12/2009 11:52:59 AM PDT
by
supremedoctrine
("Time is the school in which we learn that time is the fire in which we burn"--Delmore Schwartz)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
04/12/2009 11:56:31 AM PDT
by
mountn man
(The pleasure you get from life, is equal to the attitude you put into it.)
To: mountn man
LOL!
Christ knows their hearts. We’re in the Age of Grace. Christians can admire the thought and love and work that went into the project without idolizing the results.
Christ is Risen! Let us rejoice and be glad!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EW1IT-A6HY
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
04/12/2009 12:10:44 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist - Obama is basically Jim Jones with a teleprompter)
To: deannadurbin
I really wasn't questioning their hearts or what they did.
The thought just came to me, and thought it made a good play on names.
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04/12/2009 12:11:14 PM PDT
by
mountn man
(The pleasure you get from life, is equal to the attitude you put into it.)
To: JoeProBono
To: mountn man
Lego Pirate Hunter
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posted on
04/12/2009 12:24:07 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Wow that is awesome.
Just think of the time in resolution and peace that artist had taking on such a peace of work...
Thanks for the pic of obvious.
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04/12/2009 12:33:20 PM PDT
by
Global2010
(Catholics Come HomeAddress:http://www.catholicscomehome.org/about-us.phtml)
To: martin_fierro
Bricks that crumble may be more help in wisdom then hard ever lasting bricks.
One suffers under weight while the other takes on all weight with out a moments regard/love of how they will in the long run may crumble..
Mercy.
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04/12/2009 12:37:27 PM PDT
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Global2010
(Catholics Come HomeAddress:http://www.catholicscomehome.org/about-us.phtml)
To: JoeProBono
Wow is that a Lego art?
Too?
Just wow.
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posted on
04/12/2009 12:39:48 PM PDT
by
Global2010
(Catholics Come HomeAddress:http://www.catholicscomehome.org/about-us.phtml)
To: Global2010
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posted on
04/12/2009 1:07:55 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
“Heroes Saviors wanted...”
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posted on
04/12/2009 1:11:39 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: JoeProBono; AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
Hey, aren't Lego bricks from Scandinavia?
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04/12/2009 6:16:07 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Lego my Lego
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posted on
04/12/2009 6:21:33 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Beats the heck out of “touchdown Jesus.”
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posted on
04/13/2009 10:10:37 AM PDT
by
smokingfrog
(Choose your allies carefully.)
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