I am curious. How can a statue of a fairy tale creation (jc) become a Wonder of the World?
2007-07-08 08:50:51 · 7 answers · asked by salty 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
It is also interesting to note that during the final days of voting it was reported that a "surge" in voting "helped" to put the statue of christ in the winners circle.
Smacks of "pulpit power" to me, and I fear pulpit power just as much as I fear the power that comes from the muslim madras (sp?) schools in the Near East.
2007-07-09 14:29:03 · update #1
The wonders should have been selected based on technical challenges and longevity. Whether or not you share the faith is irrelevant. To me the statue was not a particularly daunting construction and hasn't been around for very long.
But either way, this new list of wonders is bogus to start off with. It was simply a popular vote. So very little real knowledge or thought had to go into it. People simply picked things they liked. Not a solid foundation for calling something a "wonder".
2007-07-08 09:11:32 · answer #1 · answered by rohak1212 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Simply this: It's influence (Christianity being on of the top most practiced religions in the world) and it's architectual merit.
Most of the seven wonders of the ancient world were built with religion in mind. The statue of Zeus, the temple of Artemis, the Colossus of Rhodes, and even the Lighthouse at Alexandria. Does that make them less deserving? Nope. They're all big achievements for the people and the era.
Besides, the statue of Christ the Redeemer is sweet because it's in Brazil, was engineered by a Latino, constructed by a French-Polish man, and the stone was Swedish! It's a nice global good-will gesture.
2007-07-08 16:09:49 · answer #2 · answered by tryxthis 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My question for kepjr100 is how could the whole world have voted if most people didn't give a hoot about it?
100 million votes were cast, so it is unknown how many people voted multiple times, out of some 7 billion people on the planet?
Not exactly a true representation of what the world actually thinks are the wonders of the world.
whale
2007-07-09 04:52:59 · answer #3 · answered by WilliamH10 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Why not ?
The original ancient seven wonders included the statue of Zeus a religious (or, in your terms, a fairy tale) wonder - so why shouldn't the new list ?
I wouldn't be getting too excited about it - the new list is not universally recognised anyway. Egypt has already rejected it and, from my point of view, any list that excludes the Parthenon is not worth the paper its printed on.
2007-07-08 15:58:40 · answer #4 · answered by the_lipsiot 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you want to be Anti-Christian, then go right ahead and be Anti-Christian. But, this was voted on by the entire planet, not just one country or continent or one idea. Sorry you do not like it, but you will have to learn to live with it. Not all my picks made it, but I know 3 of mine made it and I am happy with that
2007-07-08 15:59:32 · answer #5 · answered by kepjr100 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Darn. i was wondering why they didn't ask you first also.you know better then 100 million people.God almighty whats wrong with all those millions of people. you tell them about it, our sooo smart.and culturally minded and i bet you have an big ole IQ . don't you?Your from New York city .I can tell. new yorkers know about everything
2007-07-08 17:40:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I didn't know it was, but DO have fun with the fundamentalists that rip you a new one.
Maybe the wonder is that so MANY people believe...
2007-07-08 16:01:02 · answer #7 · answered by fitpro11 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋