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I saw it, too.

I enjoyed it. Loads of teasers, but in the end, no evidence.

I don't have a problem with this type of programming. If more people watched A&E's "The Mysteries of the Bible" they'd be a great deal more skeptical of that ridiculous book. (I hope.)

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Prior to the Ark show, there was a show about Vikings, very cool, I thought - perhaps because I'm of Scandinavian descent. It stated, and I don't know if this is true or not, that the 12 person jury trial was started in Europe by the conquering/socialistic Vikings (who were "Pagans" or poly-theistic) around 900 CE.

A thought struck me at the time, and I'm no historical scholar, that if the Pagan Vikings envisioned the European judicial system (which I'm pretty sure is what the "Founding Fathers" based the US system upon), then this claim that the US is founded on "Christian-Judeo values" can be further undermined by pointing out the Viking underpinnings of the European justice system.

Just throwing this out there. I don't mind being corrected.

-Cindy in Fort Lauderdale :-)