[Stones] A penny for your thoughts?

[Thelma Wilcox]

The problem may stem from a too rigourous outlook as to what makes a religious site today.  For instance, a church is an enclosed  and roofed space and has defined paraphenalia within this space, tombs, altar, seating etc, not forgetting that they were probably garishly painted as well.. a stone circle or longbarrow is open to the elements and therefore an "offering" assaults the eye as not being in the right place.Therefore following this tentative argument, the church has rules for belief, the stone circle has none - who therefore makes the rules between spiritual modern beliefs and secular enjoyment of the circle Nigel...

NIGELSWIFT at aol.com wrote:        In a message dated 19/06/2006 12:27:42 GMT Standard Time, megalith6 at yahoo.co.uk writes:
  it is a matter of personal and private free choice
  
  Not entirely, since leaving things may impinge upon the sense of rightness about the place that the next visitor may have.
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