Swedish church unveils Lego Jesus

LoopyDood

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More proof that the Swedes are awesome. It's an amazing work of art.

STOCKHOLM (AFP) - While most Christians mark Easter with prayers and song, one Swedish church opened its mass Sunday by unveiling a life-size Lego statue of Jesus Christ, its pastor told AFP.

Churchgoers had donated nearly 30,000 Lego bricks to build the 1.78 metre (5.8 foot) high statue, said Per Wilder, the pastor of the Oensta Gryta Church in Vaesteras, about 110 kilometres (70 miles) west of Stockholm.

"This work began a year and a half ago so we saw that the initiation date was fitting in well (with this year's Easter holiday)," Wilder said.

"It is a fantastic installation and it will be there as long as we think it is in a good spot," he said.

"All those I spoke with were full of praise, saying how fantastic the model looks and how much good work we put into this," Wilder said.

The model was based on Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsens's 19th century work Christus, which depicts the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Wilder said the statue would remain permanently at the church and there were no plans to sell it to raise funds.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/090412/oddities/sweden_religion_offbeat
 

Doug

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Impressive! Fortunately their are no idiots in Sweden like the ones who demanded chocolate Jesus be destroyed.
 

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I'm no Christian but that is just...wow. I wonder how much money they spent on buying all those pieces.
 

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Beltom1066 said:
I'm no Christian but that is just...wow. I wonder how much money they spent on buying all those pieces.
They were donated by churchgoers.
 

Shapsters

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Not religious in any way, but I would be for Lego Jesus!

All hail the mighty Lego Jesus!
 

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Wow....

That's incredible. I seriously do not have that kind of knowledge to make something out of LEGO that large.
 

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I would have gotten pissed off because I'm suspicous of Swedes. A huge chunk of the Swedish population is atheistic so when I see Jesus and Swedish in the same sentence I expect it to be mocking.