Ridiculous Item of the Day: Holy Land Theme Park Planned For Galilee Shore
"The Israeli government is planning to give up a large slice of land to American Christian evangelicals to build a biblical theme park by the Sea of Galilee where Jesus is said to have walked on water and fed 5,000 with five loaves and two fish.I suppose Robertson and his clan are planning to have people dressed in over-sized, big-footed, animated costumes of Jesus and the twelve disciples walking around the park greeting kids, making balloon shapes of crosses and doves and maybe a 700Club symbol or two. Maybe the over-sized Judas character can carry around a big box handing out chocolate gold coins to reluctantly give to the children (but careful, kids. Taking candy from this stranger could be a little risky).
A consortium of Christian groups, led by the television evangelist Pat Robertson, is in negotiation with the Israeli ministry of tourism and a deal is expected in the coming months. The project is expected to bring up to 1 million extra tourists a year but an undeclared benefit will be the cementing of a political alliance between the Israeli rightwing and the American Christian right." [More of the story here...if you must]
For snacks, perhaps unleavened funnel cakes and grape flavored snow cones will be sold at concessions. Oh, and I have an idea: their main attraction can be a roller coaster with each of the cars shaped as donkeys which pass through a gauntlet of palm fronds. Wow! Where do I buy tickets?
The most ridiculous part of this idea (as if it could get much worse), is that Robertson has expressed excitement that "there will be a place in the Galilee where evangelical Christians from all over the world can come to celebrate the actual place where Jesus Christ lived and taught".
Sure, why not? Muslims have Mecca. Jews have the wailing wall? Christians? We apparently will have some Mickey Mouse knock-off JesusWorld theme park. Great...thanks, Pat. You're swell.
Labels: David C. Price
posted by DAVID C. PRICE at 1/05/2006 07:00:00 AM
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3 Comments:
What a Disneyfied horrific idea!
I wish Robertson would give it up. He recently commented that Sharon's stroke may have been God's judgement on him for pursuing the peace process with the Palistinians.
This reminds me a little too much of Ned Flanders' "Praiseland" themepark from the Simpson's episode. Sorry Pat, you're too late, Matt Groening's already done it.
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