Building A Modern Stonehenge In New Zealand

Flexagon writes "Wired News is reporting that a group of astronomy enthusiasts in New Zealand is building its own version of Stonehenge in a little more than a year. Why? "We came up with the idea of Stonehenge because it doesn't matter who you are -- everyone looks at the Pyramids and Stonehenge and structures like that (and asks) who built them, why did they build them?" says Richard Hall, president of the Phoenix Astronomical Society. Yet another reason to book a ticket!"

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Re:Europe's pagan roots

[wagemonkey]

Correct, the history of Christianity in Europe has been littered with many shameful deeds, the Crusades and the loing persecution of the Jews being just two that spring to mind.

Even though I'm a Christian I agree with this.
I'd add the Inquisition and the religious murder in England too (Bloody Mary etc.). It's what you often get when groups of humans organize into rival factions, be it religions, political parties, racial groups, nations, or sports fans.
There has been a lot of good too.

Not that I am saying christianity is bad. Just that religion in the hands of the state can be a powerful tool for evil

I'd be more likely to say that the State in the hands of organized religion can be a powerful tool for evil.
Human beings are failible and very few are good in all areas all the time. Power corrupts - the only people who should be allowed power are those who don't want it, and then it may just take longer to corrupt them. IMHO one of the biggest problems with a theocracy is that , IIRC, in most organized religions the positions within the hierarchy tend to be permanent. It always seems to difficult to get rid of people if you need to - which is a disaster for a State.
NB the root for Hierarchy is the Greek for 'rule of a high priest'.

Democracy isn't perfect but's probably the least worst system available to run a State.

In Good Omens Pratchetts 'Inquisition' is a terrifying example of how the Organized Religion mentality may work: suspicion is enough of itself to prove heresy as God must have put it into the mind of the 'inquisitor' - sorry can't remember the actual names he uses.

Re:I can see the ads

[rthille]

Shouldn't that be:
Discover our Rock-Hard Erections?