Anthony Wrote:
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> Why?
>
> "The objects found here must have been designed
> with religious ritual in mind."
>
>
> What's wrong with building a calendar/observatory,
> if that's what they intended?
>
> Why is there an automatic assumption that every
> culture has required a "revealed religion" to
> justify any and all of their technological
> accomplishments? I fail to see why this site
> could not have been purely technical in nature,
> with certain elements honoring old customs (such
> as the burial of the circle's chief architects
> under some of the posts).

You're suggesting the development of a scientific, non-secular view of the world at this time in this culture?
>
> Anthony
>
> "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one
> has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to
> suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts."
> -- Sherlock Holmes
>
Data for a scientific secular outlook at this time?


Doug Weller

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