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hokay....tell them they can light it from dusk to midnight only. That should pretty much solve the problem

It is an almost universal symbol of hope and spirituality

To the 4.3 billion people who aren't Christian too?

Chariset: hokay....tell them they can light it from dusk to midnight only. That should pretty much solve the problem


right-right. good christians shouldn't be out gallyvantin' past midnight anyhow.

"The cross - lit with 39 13-watt compact fluorescent bulbs "

??? 39 bulbs 1/3 the power of a refrigerator light bulb? I'm confused.

Or how about they don't waste the electricity at all? Who the hell needs a giant cross?

What was it that Jesus guy said about praying on your own, with the door closed? I must've forgotten the bit where he said "except really, really bright and shiny things."

meshman: I'm confused.


a 13-w CF bulb replaces a 60w incandescant.

TemporarySanity: a 13-w CF bulb replaces a 60w incandescant.


more specifically, provides the same light output, or lumens. man, i really didn't mean to bring my job into this.

They are probably agents of Space Vampires who cannot invade the Earth until that cross is removed or dimmed.

Man and I get pissed at the streetlight that shines into my bedroom.

I'm thinking that crosses probably make Jesus a little nervous, y'know?

CruiserTwelve: I'm thinking that crosses probably make Jesus a little nervous, y'know?

yeah. kinda like walking up to jackie onassis with a rifle pendant.

/not obscure

I thought it was the universal symbol of what happens when you piss people off enough to make a martyr out of you.

Why don't they lighten up?

"It's not an open acceptance of faith to say you have to hide your symbol."

There's a pretty good gap between hiding it and shoving it in people's faces. Yet another example of this bizarre definition of "oppression".

"It would be so cool if people would look up (at the cross) and say, 'Is that a constellation?'" he said.

Yeah, I agree. It'd be flippin' sweet if people were f*cking retarded.

"Well in that case, why can't we just rig up 88 horses to the Delorean?"

"No no, Marty, it doesn't work that way..."

The one time you really need an IED in the desert, nothing!

But...But...If they don't keep the cross lit, Jebus won't love them anymore!

The same astronomers who say the Earth goes around the sun?

farking heathens.

Sigh. Christians and their war against science.

CheekyMonkey

Exactly what I came in this thread to say. If you don't spend every waking moment fellating Jesus you are oppressing some of these asshats.

We've got the same sort of thing here in Montreal. Not as bright, though.

If they want to reduce light pollution, can't they just make the cross out of wood and set it on fire?

Shogun beat me to it. Chritianist are something else

I blame Paul.

I lik ethe American Red Cross ad in the middle of the article. Cute.

39 = 13 * 3

Is this 3 times as bad?

SockMonkeyHolocaust: They are probably agents of Space Vampires who cannot invade the Earth until that cross is removed or dimmed.

You just won the thread.

Just find some loitering teens and offer to buy them some beer if they'll break all the bulbs on the sign. Best part is if you do it right, you wont actually have to buy them the beer. Good cheap labor.

So does living in the desert result in an excessive amount of sand in one's vagina?

This thing has been up for 25 years already. I mean...c'mon...

It is an almost universal symbol of hope and spirituality

Tell that to Sparticus.

/Got nothing

You can do anything you want, as long as you do it in the name of religion.

runchkin

So does living in the desert result in an excessive amount of sand in one's vagina?

Gee, I dunno. How about if one of their neighbors started blasting death-metal at their compound every Sunday morning?

That's a pretty obnoxious cross. Big, bright, and apparently on a hill so all can see.

itsfullofstars + jfarkinB = I'm blastin' death metal for the lord!

shogun: To the 4.3 billion people who aren't Christian too?

Non-Christians are too stupid to understand what the symbols of another religion are supposed to mean?

That's a pretty obnoxious cross. Big, bright, and apparently on a hill so all can see.

That's just what I was thinking. What a repulsive thing to have as part of the view. Without going into what people have the right to do, I would hope everyone can agree that for someone to want to have that thing there is pretty retarded.

I could smell the bias of the obviously Christian journalist who wrote that pile of shiat.

shogun

To the 4.3 billion people who aren't Christian too?

People of all cultures can enjoy the slow, painful death of crucifixion.

It is an almost universal symbol of hope and spirituality

And ancient method of execution/torture.

But if they don't keep it lit, how will Jesus know where to land?

let's see all the supporters of this shiat go bonkers when a pentagram, or an inverted cross is placed close by.

One of my friends grew up next to a smaller version of this. Some outdoor tube lights and 2 by 4s. You're sitting outside on a summer night and this thing is glowing out across the lake, rather annoying. This Christmas I want to send a letter to them suggesting true Christians would cut the power to the cross and give the savings on the electric bill to the church or a charity, while only false or insecure Christians would need a big lit cross in their back yard.

/rumor has it the thing is a lovely target for BB guns

JohnnyontheSpot: It is an almost universal symbol of hope and spirituality

And ancient method of execution/torture.

I came here to say that.

mattbin

nice attempt at trolling there, but where's the connection between displaying a giant cross and praying?

Being a Chicago resident, I really HATE light pollution.

My wife and I visited friends in Maui two months ago, and we were amazed at the number of meteorites we saw in a half hour, just lying in the front yard and looking up.

I think I'll try to convince my wife to move there one of these days.

Next door, plz.

It is a very poorly worded sentence, but the symbol of faith and hope that the author is referring to is a "light in the darkness".