This is one BIG honking statue

[charlie]

Spring Temple Buddha of Henan, China. Completed in 2002, by far the world's tallest statue - 420 ft. Look at that thing!:



Other views:

http://images.google.com.sg/images?hl=en&q=%E9%B2%81%E5%B1%B1%20%E4%BD%9B&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

From this Wikipedia list:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_statues_by_height

it appears Buddhists LOVE their big ass statues. Christianity doesn't put in an appearance until Mary of Trujillo, Venezuela - 153 ft



And poor old Jesus of Rio is waaay down the list - 125 ft



I think I like this guy the best:



It's the Maitreya Buddha of Hsinchu County, Taiwan - 236 ft. He reminds me of Budai/Hotei, the Laughing Buddha.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

1. Jesus!

Well, no, not really.

But, get a load of THIS perspective -

[charlie]

4. Can't see it, unfortunately

The image URL is broken.

This view looks like an outtake from Godzilla:

[Tangerine LaBamba]

5. You can't see it?

It shows up fine at this end.

How strange.

Yours is one creepy picture...................

[charlie]

8. Could be the server doesn't allow hotlinking

If you intially saw it embedded in a page, that might be the reason you're seeing it and I'm not.

[Why Syzygy]

9. Can't see it. Here's the link address (remove space to get broken link icon)

http:// image1.photos.nphoto.net/200701/27/fa3d1f7cf5d30b9b8cc0e0fe77c2ecb2.jpg

[provis99]

2. ick. Religious kitch.

The only statue with any artistic merit is the last one, from Taiwan.

[panader0]

3. There's a fairly big one around here--Christ about 80 something feet.

Sierra Vista,Az.

[givemebackmycountry]

6. MC 900ft Jesus

I don't know if he's actually 900ft but I saw him once and he's one big ass Jesus.

He lives at the "Passion Play" in Excelsior Springs, Arkansas.
One of the trippiest places I have ever been too.
And I mean that in a good way.
Beautiful little town.

Google it and read thy ass all about it!

[charlie]

10. Pez dispenser Jesus

In 1966! I'll bet that went over well (not).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_of_the_Ozarks

[Sinistrous]

11. 67 feet. Eureka Springs, AR

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_of_the_Ozarks

[BurtWorm]

19. If the Buddha is 450 feet, that Jesus is nowhere near 900.

Unless you *believe* that it's 900 feet. Praise Jesus!

[Warpy]

7. Notice Buddha always looks serene and/or happy?

Now look at the Christian statues.

Oh, the guy in Rio isn't that bad, but generally speaking, look at them.

Not a happy person in the bunch.

Still, that godawful big Buddha makes me a little queasy. Buddha himself would have thought of better uses for the resources.

[charlie]

12. I don't think I've ever seen a reclining Christ

Seen plenty of the Buddha in repose. Equanimity and ease doesn't seem real popular in Jesus iconography.

[sam sarrha]

13. Budai/Hotei, the Laughing Buddha was a Bodhisattva, an actual monk, not Buddha

[charlie]

14. Never said he was n/t

[sam sarrha]

16. didnt say you did, but most americans dont know.. he like a patron saint of children an travelers

just sharing

[corpseratemedia]

15. the spring temple HUGE buddha reminds me of

the images of cityscapes where photographers use tilt/shift lenses to make the people look like itty-bitty plastic play-toys.

except i think the statue is so big that the people actually are that small in comparison.

WOW!

[ironbark]

17. Who cares

Aint nobody got a bigger sheep than us

[PassingFair]

18. Matthew McConaughey Jesus on I-75 in Clarkston MI

At least that's what my kids call him.

And further down I-75....

Touchdown Jesus!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

20. I've seen #3 (the Japanese one) from a distance

You can see it from the taller buildings in the university city of Tsukuba. "Honking huge" is a good way to describe it.