Various demonstrations against the construction of the Christ the Redeemer statue were held in Rio de Janeiro. Protestant Churches and other religious groups, claimed the monument was a symbol of Catholicism. Their view was that the government should not support the project since there was no official religion in Brazil, thanks to the Constitution of 1891.
In fact, any other religion could have dedicated a monument on Corcovado summit if they had made such a request. The permission to build the statue of Christ was given to the Catholic Church simply because it was the first to ask! And as Matthew 7:7-8 says: “Ask and it will be given to you…”.
In addition to the protest of some religious groups, there were also some objectors who claimed that the Christ statue was unnecessary, anti-aesthetic, useless, or detracted from the green surroundings! Others were afraid that it might topple, or that at least the arms might fall with the first winds, putting in danger the passersby 710 metres below.
Eventually, the statue became so popular that it went beyond religious boundaries. The monument is a landmark of Rio and Brazil, an engineering point of interest, and above all, a tourist attraction.
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