Christians Freak Out Over Massive Half-Man, Half-Monkey Statue In Texas

A recently erected statue in Sugarland, Texas is causing an uproar with some of the local Christian community.

There Are Many Religions

The world is a big place filled with diverse people and beliefs. It’s ironic that a country founded on escaping religious persecution often reacts strongly when faced with any belief that isn’t a version of Christianity.  You may debate that all you want, maybe read this first:

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof"

In case you're wondering, that's the iron-clad law allowing you to believe what you want to believe, or not believe at all, in America.

The Statue

A massive statue was unveiled on August 15th at Sugar Land's Sri Ashtalakshmi Temple. The statue is so big that it's now the third largest statue in the United States. The figure is Hanuman, a Hindu deity who is usually portrayed as having a man's body and a monkey's face. The statue is 90 feet tall, but on private property and built with private money.

The Freak Out

I'm not so sure I even need to go into the Christian objections to the statue. Instead of ignoring or dismissing it, it's becoming A WHOLE THING. A whole "I rebuke this in the name of Jesus" thing. Yes, since it represents something other than what they were taught, it's now "demonic". There have been protests and there are some concerns that it will cause violence against, or hatred of Hindus. At least one church has shown up to walk about the statue counter-clockwise ('cause that's not weird at all).

Be Nice

I'm aware that most religion's require strict adherence to their tenants. I am also aware that most require you to be kind to your neighbor, and to treat others as you would like to be treated. Keep in mind that your religion is popular in your tiny little part of the world and that right or wrong, other people will have different views.  These people did not erect this statue to upset anyone, they did it because they have the freedom to worship however they like in America. In other words, protesters aren't making aren't making Hindu's look bad, they're only making Christians look worse.