In June of 1979 a man going by R.C. Christian, which was not his real name, approached the Elberton Granite Finishing Company. The man seemed to have an endless amount of money and was there for an unknown group. The only thing known about them was from an inscription"Sponsors: A Small Group of Americans Who Seek The Age Of Reason”. They wanted a monument built in Elberton, Georgia.
By the terms of the legal contract, all plans and information were destroyed. The reason, the group and the man who constructed the monument that is known as the Georgia Guide Stones are unknown.
The monument was built in Elberton, Georgia on March 22, 1980. It seems to have advice for a post-apocalyptic world. It contains 10 guides, a clock, a calendar, and a clock. The messages are in eight different languages.
1. Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.
2. Guide reproduction wisely - improving fitness and diversity.
3. Unite humanity with a living new language.
4. Rule passion - faith - tradition - and all things with tempered reason.
5. Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts.
6. Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court.
7. Avoid petty laws and useless officials.
8. Balance personal rights with social duties.
9. Prize truth - beauty - love - seeking harmony with the infinite.
10. Be not a cancer on the earth - Leave room for nature
It can serve as an astronomical calendar. Every day at noon the sun shines through a narrow hole that illuminates the day's date on the calendar. There are placks placed above time capsules, but the date and time it is to unburied are unwritten and unknown.
The philosophy of the monument may have been based on the book by Thomas Paine called the Age of Reason. It's a philosophy book based of Deism and questioning the legitimacy of Christianity and the Bible. This leads people to believe that the stone was erected for occult reasons.
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