[Red Badger]

But I would not feel so all alone, everybody must get stoned.............

[mewzilla]

They symbolized fertility and were probably sacrificed to ensure sun and growth.

Love to see the evidence for that. To my mind that interpretation is conjecture.

[Does so]

In Scandinavia, I’d worship the sun, too!

[larrytown]

“It is reasonable to believe that the Neolithic people on Bornholm wanted to protect themselves from further deterioration of the climate by sacrificing sun stones – or perhaps they wanted to show their gratitude that the sun had returned again.”

Sun stones --> gasoline vehicles

"They" were ignorant savages, and "WE" are enlightened scientists.

[Abathar]

"our ancestors responded to climate-induced challenges with ritualistic fervor"

The more things change, the more they stay the same...

[fruser1]

You must keep the god of death sated with regular feedings.

Otherwise, he gets really hungry and creates a disaster so he can binge.

At least, that’s what the “experts” of the time recommended.

Now we know that human sacrifice will not prevent volcanic eruptions.

Unfortunately, we still have “experts”.

[eldoradude]

They weren't sun stones, they were prehistoric tokens for access to the world wide web...