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An Amazonian Love God statue has been unveiled in a UK city – and religious Christians are raging about it.
The huge 6ft 2in statue has been showcased in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, and it is part of a whopping £1million trail of five similar objects.
The big beast was made by local artist Jason Wilsher-Mils and shows off a rather odd golden bloke in a pair of underwear and boots… but not much else.
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It has been erected – no pun intended – near the city's Anglican cathedral.
And this has seen more than 60 religious Christians take to the streets to complain about it, with some claiming it was “mocking Christianity”.
But to their shock, the Very Reverend Simon Cowling has turned on his people and welcomed the statue.
He said: “I warmly encourage members of the Christian community in Wakefield to engage seriously with what Jason Wilsher-Mills is seeking to say through his sculpture, how he deftly weaves together themes of family, place, disability, the care of God’s creation, love, loss, humour and hope.
“None of these themes are in opposition to anything I find in Christianity.”
Wakefield Council's planning website received 66 objections to the statue, most taking issue with its location in Cathedral Walk, near the The Ridings shopping centre.
One objector wrote: "It is an offence to Christian worshippers, and what we believe."
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Another stated: “I strongly object to this piece of sculpture being placed in the cathedral precinct and in particular to its sitting so close to the cathedral itself.
“How can you possibly think that the erection of a Sun God opposite the central place of Christian worship in the city and district, could be acceptable?
“It is at best insensitive and at worst a deliberate attempt to mock Christianity, the cathedral and all it stands for. Is this a precedent?
“Should we expect the council to place such offensive statues outside other local centres of worship, Christian and otherwise?”
The complaints were ignored and it was unveiled on Friday.
Lovely.
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