At least Stonehenge serves some general purpose
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UPDATED: Thursday, March 5, 2015 04:04
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... as an ancient astronomical calendar.
Beyond that, why did people bother w/ such a effort to construct it ?
The Great Wall of China was suppose to keep Mongol hordes out.
Coliseums were meant as venues for spectator events.
The great Pyramids, beyond serving as fancy tombs for an elite individuals, as declared by themselves , don't actually DO anything, do they ?
Point is, just because something looks impressive or a group has a lot of followers ( eg: religion ) doesn't make it inherently 'right', or valid.
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Originally posted by AURaptor:
... as an ancient astronomical calendar.
Beyond that, why did people bother w/ such a effort to construct it ?
......
The great Pyramids, beyond serving as fancy tombs for an elite individuals, as declared by themselves , don't actually DO anything, do they ?
Point is, just because something looks impressive or a group has a lot of followers ( eg: religion ) doesn't make it inherently 'right', or valid.
You should spend more time listening to Art Bell and Coast To Coast, Laura Lee, Robin Falkov. You wouldn't be asking these questions, other than rhetorically.
You mentioned the astronomical/astrological noteworthiness of Stonehenge, did you neglect to mention the same for the worldwide Pyramids, or were you not aware?
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I've always preferred Stonedhenge myself. 
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Originally posted by AURaptor:
... as an ancient astronomical calendar.
Beyond that, why did people bother w/ such a effort to construct it ?
......
The great Pyramids, beyond serving as fancy tombs for an elite individuals, as declared by themselves , don't actually DO anything, do they ?
Point is, just because something looks impressive or a group has a lot of followers ( eg: religion ) doesn't make it inherently 'right', or valid.
You should spend more time listening to Art Bell and Coast To Coast, Laura Lee, Robin Falkov. You wouldn't be asking these questions, other than rhetorically.
You mentioned the astronomical/astrological noteworthiness of Stonehenge, did you neglect to mention the same for the worldwide Pyramids, or were you not aware?
Listen, it's no secret that ancient men, and even not so ancient men, saw the skies as divine and projected meaning of what they saw to some how having anything to do w/ their personal lives. Horoscopes and the like. So big bright shiny objects in the sky over Egypt would still appear as big bright shiny objects in the sky in Central / South America. Of course they're gonna make a fuss, and see the same thing.It's the same gorram sky !
But my bigger point was more about fruitless endeavors of constructing great structures for non existent gods or to praise self anointed rulers
And it goes beyond just massive temples and the like, but I think of all those churches, cathedrals and the like. While pretty to look at, they just sit there, more times empty than not, doing nothing but taking up space. And material.
Sure , as an exercise in displaying our awesome architecture skills, I suppose they're fun to have. And it puts lots of folks to work, even if they're slaves or a combo of slaves and craftsmen...
Is it really worth it to put so many folks to work for a pointless gesture of a monument or house to ' god / zeus / ra ', etc... or will there be a time in history where we really do work on doing things which improve the lives of everyone, and not just a few elites or deluded followers of this or that religion.
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Beyond that, why did people bother w/ such a effort to construct it ?
Well, no TV or radio, and after a while when you've talked personally to every livestock you own and given them first and last names, what is left but picking up big rocks stackin' 'em up fer funzies?
I mean, people even THEN lived to at least forty of fifty. That's a long stretch of dull if there aren't any wars to be fighting...
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Is it really worth it to put so many folks to work for a pointless gesture of a monument or house to ' god / zeus / ra ', etc...
Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but the fact is those people didn't think it was pointless. They actually believed in those gods.
I have to wonder if future peoples will find our old sports stadiums and wonder why so many people wasted time and money on such endeavors. I wonder that myself right now.
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Here's a mind twizzler... did the " leaders " of those ancient times really buy into all that god stuff, or did they just play along, to placate the dumb masses, so they could stay above them and live the life of luxury and abundance ?
And speaking of the great Pyramids, were there any built below the equator ? Any great structures of note , as compared to what was found in Egypt, Greece, Rome, or the Americas ,etc ?
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There was a recent series of programmes on UK Tv about the whole Stonehenge area. It wasn't a lone structure! There was a whole lot of other things built nearby [mostly identified by infra-red/satellite imagery].
God[s] may not be non-existant! Billions of people worldwide have daily experiences of the numinous.
Devout Keeper of Jayne's Lunchbox
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God[s] may not be non-existant! Billions of people worldwide have daily experiences of the numinous.
Devout Keeper of Jayne's Lunchbox
And I'm not one of them.
But I did see a special ( same one?) on the array of structures around Stonehenge . Cool stuff.
Brenda - I wasn't sure specifically where those pyramids were. I know of some on Mexico which I know sits above the equator. As does Central America & a good bit of S America as well.
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I know OF Macchu Picchu but IDK if the the pyramid of Intiwuatana qualifies as an actual pyramid, does it ? Certainly not in the same sense as the free standing pyramids in Egypt, Mexico and other sites.
I'm no expert, so please do elaborate. Thanks.
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