Panama City - Golden Altar Church of San Jose

Posted on Tuesday, April 28, 2009. Photo by Rob Meronek. Tags: [Chill Shots]
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This is the Golden Altar in The Church of San Jose in what seems to be a super sketchy neighborhood of Panama City. The altar is made of pure gold. When the priest running the place found out Pirate Morgan (Captain Morgan???) was on his way to steal the altar, he painted it black and made it look like a wooden altar. When Morgan arrived, the priest told him that the golden one was taken by a pirate that beat him to the cheese. That worked and the priest continued his life of lies to people through organized religion that still exists today. Security is pretty much non-existant at the church. The only rule is like strippers in all cities except Tampa - you can't touch