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laorfamily	Jun 21 2010, 12:22 PM Post #1
Vagabond Group: Local Expert Posts: 1580 Joined: 14-December 06 Member No.: 30320	I've been to two of those http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages...1996860,00.html -------------------- Living Well Is The Best Revenge Going Down South to North Carolina Book Reviews: http://www.ManOfLaBook.com

jeremystravels	Jun 21 2010, 07:07 PM Post #2
Commuter Group: Local Expert Posts: 613 Joined: 26-July 08 From: Dayton, Ohio Member No.: 217489	I live about 20 minutes away from Touchdown Jesus. I am really upset that they are rebuilding. The fact that more than a million dollars has been spent on something so incredibly wrong to build is unsettling. I drove by the skeleton of it the other day, kind of eerie. I'll have to go see the Buddha when I'm in Hong Kong in October. -------------------- Local Expert for Ohio, USA Next Countries: May 2010: Banff National Park - Canada Planning RTW in 2010-2011 for Asia and South America - coverage here

laorfamily	Jun 23 2010, 12:59 AM Post #3
Vagabond Group: Local Expert Posts: 1580 Joined: 14-December 06 Member No.: 30320	QUOTE(jeremystravels @ Jun 21 2010, 08:07 PM) I am really upset that they are rebuilding. Look at it this way, the people of Paris hated the Eiffel Tower. -------------------- Living Well Is The Best Revenge Going Down South to North Carolina Book Reviews: http://www.ManOfLaBook.com

jeremystravels	Jun 23 2010, 08:00 AM Post #4
Commuter Group: Local Expert Posts: 613 Joined: 26-July 08 From: Dayton, Ohio Member No.: 217489	QUOTE(laorfamily @ Jun 23 2010, 01:59 AM) Look at it this way, the people of Paris hated the Eiffel Tower. I don't think they are quite comparable. Building the statue as a religious icon and spending that much money on it just makes me think it could be put to better use. -------------------- Local Expert for Ohio, USA Next Countries: May 2010: Banff National Park - Canada Planning RTW in 2010-2011 for Asia and South America - coverage here

laorfamily	Jun 23 2010, 08:10 AM Post #5
Vagabond Group: Local Expert Posts: 1580 Joined: 14-December 06 Member No.: 30320	QUOTE(jeremystravels @ Jun 23 2010, 09:00 AM) I don't think they are quite comparable. Building the statue as a religious icon and spending that much money on it just makes me think it could be put to better use. I see where you're coming from. To me, the hypocrisy (both in monetary and religious terms) is astounding.. "Thou shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth." -------------------- Living Well Is The Best Revenge Going Down South to North Carolina Book Reviews: http://www.ManOfLaBook.com

kitkatgo	Jun 28 2010, 07:13 PM Post #6
Navigator Group: Local Expert Posts: 1367 Joined: 21-August 06 From: Southern California Member No.: 13816	Fun list. I don't have the energy to think about the pros and cons of rebuilding Touchdown Jesus though. lol I have only been to the Statue of Liberty...will have to see some of the others at some point. There was a HUGE Buddha statue I saw on the river in Bangkok though. Sorry I don't have the name of it right now. -------------------- ~Kit California Local Expert Visit my travel blogs: http://www.travelpod.com/members/kitkatgo

chartaride	Jun 29 2010, 06:34 AM Post #7
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 7 Joined: 29-June 10 Member No.: 1111541 Nominate me as a Local Expert	QUOTE(kitkatgo @ Jun 28 2010, 07:13 PM) Fun list. I don't have the energy to think about the pros and cons of rebuilding Touchdown Jesus though. lol I have only been to the Statue of Liberty...will have to see some of the others at some point. There was a HUGE Buddha statue I saw on the river in Bangkok though. Sorry I don't have the name of it right now. It was the Tian Tan Buddha I think, I've been there before and I was amazed on how big it was..

kitkatgo	Jun 29 2010, 11:11 AM Post #8
Navigator Group: Local Expert Posts: 1367 Joined: 21-August 06 From: Southern California Member No.: 13816	Yes, that sounds right. It WAS really big! -------------------- ~Kit California Local Expert Visit my travel blogs: http://www.travelpod.com/members/kitkatgo

travelmonster	Jul 1 2010, 03:43 AM Post #9
Rolling Stone Group: Local Expert Posts: 4691 Joined: 28-October 07 From: England Member No.: 101826	Yep, Statue of Liberty is the only one for me on that list to date! -------------------- In Search Of ........... "Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment sparkling like a star in our hand -- and melting like a snowflake" - Marie Beynon Ray

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