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A monument to 21st century civilization, millenial optimism, and petit-bourgeois good taste it may be, but a church it is not.

Apparently, the price tag of our new communal “worship space” was about 190 million dollars, a lot of which was spent for earthquake-proofing the building

Does it look like money well spent? No. Why does every modern structure have to resemble a shopping mall.

This could be the Social Security administration office, the DMV, or just some conference center that we come to for a human resources meeting

“Why, it’s hologram Jesus! I have heard so much about you. So, my friend told me that you would look so…. shiny?”

See, it was stone in the original, and now they have taken thousands of mirrors and other do-hickeys and made a Jesus made entirely out of light. Pretty freakin’ clever, huh? Ya get it? Who could not like a hundred foot Jesus made out of the rays of the sun? And it’s a traditional image to boot, so we can all feel good about it.

I didn’t.

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