Posted on 09/06/2010 5:21:30 PM PDT by Libloather
Do you think there’s a coincidence in the design?
None more than the open circle on the memorial I posted above and others I have seen that are inspired by the broken circle of the family theme.
Also, those who clim this thing points to Mecca are full of it and rely too much on their cute little GPS devices to know where north would be or how to use a lensatic compass. The opening faces more to the Alamo than it ever gets close to pointing to Mecca which would be to the south side of east.
I guess that if someone would want to circunvent the planet several times from the design trajectory, they would eventually get to an intersection with Mecca but that would make about as much sense as the old joke where a stoned hippy stumbles up and asks you for directions and goes the opposite way. You point out his error and he say, Hey man, the earth is round, I’ll eventually get there.
Here is a link to the design from the National Parks Service. What outrages me is that it won’t be complete until after 2014. The actual projected date is unknown because the giant chime tower is to be completed sometime after that.
http://www.nps.gov/flni/loader.cfm?csModule=security/getfile&PageID=268864
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