Giant Floating Jesus For FIFA World Cup Angers Religious Community

FIFA World Cup opens this Friday and it appears some residents, politicians and business executives were outraged to look into the sky and see a giant floating “Jesus” hot-air balloon.  An Australian gambling company named Sportsbet sent the balloon, which looks like Brazil’s Christ the Redeemer statue, into the Melbourne skies in an attempt to boost the nation’s spirits. 

Australia is matched against three very talented opponents: Chile, Spain and the Netherlands so the gambling company thought this would be a great way to offer support to the home team; of course it would serve as valuable World Cup publicity as well.  The balloon featured Jesus wearing an Australian soccer jersey with the Sportsbet logo and the words, “#Keep The Faith.”

Matthew Campbell, spokesman for Sportsbet, said the balloon is more about supporting the Socceroos and less about gambling.  The Jesus balloon is 53 feet taller than the real … click HERE to continue reading