08-19-2011, 02:59 AM
The easiest way to answer your question Reinhard is for you to Google Effingham Giant Cross and then check out the website by the people who built the cross and run the facility.
Basically the parishoners heard about another large cross elsewhere in the US and thought that building one in Efingham would inspire locals as well as people travelling along the two interstate highways which run nearby. Surrounding the cross are markers with the Ten Commandments.
Effingham also bills itself as the 'Crossroads of Middle America' so having a giant cross plays to that as well.
Middle America in addition to being the food bowl is also sometimes referred to as the 'Bible Belt'.
Mark
Basically the parishoners heard about another large cross elsewhere in the US and thought that building one in Efingham would inspire locals as well as people travelling along the two interstate highways which run nearby. Surrounding the cross are markers with the Ten Commandments.
Effingham also bills itself as the 'Crossroads of Middle America' so having a giant cross plays to that as well.
Middle America in addition to being the food bowl is also sometimes referred to as the 'Bible Belt'.
Mark
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