[Paul_Denton]

Holy cow! LOL

[Constitution Day]

[zeeba neighba]

which were most probably used in religious ceremonies

Everytime something is dug up, researchers say something like this. Are they so unimaginative? If someone thousands of years from now digs up my house and finds (looking around) the bells on a piece of harness I rescued from an old barn, will they make the same asuumption? How about the toy iguana on the shelf? Or the stone bull souvenir from Mexico that was "almost free".?It's ridiculous.

[Arthalion]

Headline, November 23, 4505.

Archaeologists Discover Chicken Gods

- Archaeologists today announced a stunning discovery during their excavations of the ancient middle American city of Saint Louis. They have determined that this ancient culture, which flourished from the 17th to 23rd centuries on the American continent, worshipped a chicken god. "We discovered that the food preparation areas of at least a third of the homes examined contained statuary, pottery, or engraved images of fowl," said Dr. Joe Brown of the Lunar Archaeological Institute. "This type of discovery can only indicate that the ancient Americans worshipped chickens, probably as a god of plenty, harvest, or food. It's presence in all of these food preparation areas indicates that these ancient peoples probably prayed to their chicken gods before meals". Archaeologists went on to point out that the worship of chickens seems to fit well with the bird-centered culture of the old west. "When you look at the overall picture, the chickens in the food preparation areas, the flamingo statuary discovered in front of many ancient homes, and the ubiquity of KFC temples where the ancients apparently worshipped birds, we can be left with no other conclusion than this...our ancestors were a bird centered culture." Dr. Brown closed with a statement that his research should finally close the lid on the controversial "one god" theory, "It's now clear that they didn't really worship their TV sets."

I've always loved the way archaeologists draw some of their conclusions. They find a bunch of cow statues, and so decide that they MUST be religiously bent.

[TheForceOfOne]

Moooo! Moooo! Moooo! Moooo! Moooo!

Translation: Cow to English "We have come for the secret statue of Cow! hand it over or prepare to be hoofed!"

[RightWhale]

The discovery of these sculptures indicates that the people of the region worshiped cows 3000 years ago.

The discovery or the sculptures? Anyway, they were at most practicing sympathetic magic. Not worship, that would be a stretch.

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

We have them here too...

[b4its2late]

And the cow produces holy crap?

[11Bush]

Maybe they uncovered a 3000 year old Stucky's and those are coffee creamers?

[TheForceOfOne]

Looks to be from the Cow Tse Tong era, Eastern China.

[shuckmaster]

How do they tell it's an icon of worship rather than a childs toy or piece of art? The date is not all that long after cows were domesticated in that area. Wouldn't it have been a popular new subject for craft artists? After one child has one wouldn't every other child in the village want one? I remember having a farm set with little toy cows when i was young. I didn't worship it - I got out in the sandbox and played with it. As far as I'm concerned, the statues these archaeologists found were craft/art toys used to acclimate young children to the domesticate animals their livelihood depended on and these particular archaeologists make themselves appear pretty darn foolish to say people worshiped, or humped cows without any proof. Tell me where I'm wrong!

[devane617]

I still worship cows. Especially when they are part of my dinner -- Cheeseburgers, Steak, Meatloaf, etc...

[Serb5150]

These statues are evidence that the people of the region worshiped oxen and humped cows 3000 years ago.

I heard Osama is a big fan of that too.