Re: @John Sager
@LionelB
"Well, yes; we are being forced to go there by the far more calamitous downsides of where we have been going."
Aka you feel guilty for whatever religious sins you hold in your head and not only wanna lash your own back in repentance but want everyone else lashed for your 'beliefs'.
"and indeed have chipped in with interesting and plausible suggestions."
To not munch up birds, but why are the birds being munched? For monuments to a sky god to make you feel better while the gas generators are fired up to provide the energy to keep lights on. The monuments are a problem because they are applied as a solution but they dont work in the first place.