A giant statue of Christ in Ohio known as Touchdown Jesus was destroyed in a fire on Monday after it was struck by lightning. The six story statue was built in 2004 on the grounds of the Solid Rock Church in Monroe, Ohio.
The Touchdown Jesus Statue is officially dubbed King of Kings but earned its nickname due to the somewhat odd pose of the Christ figure’s arms – upraised like a referee signaling a football touchdown. The statue is also sometimes referred to as the Big Butter Jesus due to its color and the song about it by comedian Heywood Banks.
The episode 201 of the hit Comedy Central adult animated show “South Park” was originally made to depict the Islamic Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) as one of the characters who return for revenge on the makers of South Park for making fun of him. It is stated by the producers of the show that in the original episode the depiction of the prophet was not insulted in any way, neither was it made fun of. But of course the “depiction” of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) in any way, is prohibited. This was told to the producers of South Park by an Islamic website. According to details the website RevolutionMuslim.com posted an indirect threat to the makers of South Park by saying that they might end up like the Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh, who was killed by unknown people, probably for making a movie that portrayed violence against women in Islam. Makers of South Park evidently got scared of the threat and censored the whole depiction of Islamic Prophet (PBUH) from the episode and whenever someone took the name of ”Muhammad” in the episode, it was replaced by a beep. That is the reason that you’ll hear a lot of beeps when you watch this episode of South Park. As far as the visual depiction is concerned, the character of Muhammad (PBUH) was replaced by Santa Claus.
Fans of the popular animated series South Park are waiting with baited breath for tonight's episode after it was revealed it may contain a character depicting the Muslim prophet, Muhammad.
The controversy over depicting Muhammad began back on September of 2005 when a Danish newspaper ran a series of comics where an image of the prophet was shown. This escalated into fierce protests by Muslims in the middle east, and the torching of Danish embassies in Syria, Lebanon, and Iran.
Nearly a year later the creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, produced a two part episode titled "Cartoon Wars" that attempted to show Muhammad as a character as a guest star on the popular Family Guy series.
When part two of the episode aired that was to contain the highly debated scene, Comedy Central made the final decision and did not show the section of the cartoon that contained Muhammad in it.
