Shit, I refresh Reddit's "What's Hot" (not what's new, my bad) and here's the new one: "A Buddha the size of a skyscraper. Deep in the Chinese hinterland stands the world's tallest statue, so unknown in the West that Wikipedia doesn't even have a picture."
Honestly? I thought Buddhists were better than that, C'mon. This is worse than Touchdown Jesus. This is just upsetting. And proof that American architecture just isn't that cool. Buddha looks way cooler than that Jesus does.
I tried to google more information on this giant gold buddha, but apparently there are a ton of other buddha statues in China, a few of which have been demolished, melted, or otherwise dismantled. Within Reddit's comments, people mention the hypocrisy demonstrated within this religion. One argument mentioned that while Buddhists believe that all suffering can be alleviated by the eradication of material objects and focusing on the inner self, and that this is meant to remind people of that. Regardless, ironic.
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