Google Earth view of church

The architect who designed the Christian Science Society of Dixon, Ill., certainly has a raw sense of humor. The church’s congregation was shocked to discover that their sanctuary looks like an erect phallic symbol when viewed from the Heavens.

From The NY Daily News:

This Illinois church may want to rethink its motto of “Rising Up.”

That’s because the Christian Science Society’s building — in the appropriately-named town of Dixon — looks like a giant phallus from space.

From street-level, there appears to be nothing comical about the edifice.

But a God’s eye view transforms the erection into a dead ringer for an enormous member. Eagle-eyed Redditors using Google Earth first spotted the likeness earlier this week.

Images of the swollen-headed sanctuary have since gone viral.

The congregation of the church, a 90-minute drive from Chicago, has yet to comment on the unexpected discovery, reports Chicagoist.com.

But some have suggested its design could be down to a rogue architect who never imagined his masterpiece would one day be clearly seen from above.