2006-09-13 01:20:17 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Community Service
To pick up foreign sports channels for free!!!
That way the vicar can watch Christchurch every week!
;-)
2006-09-13 01:21:13 · answer #1 · answered by pompeyfc 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Symbolically to show reaching up to heaven.
Also as they were mostly in countries which had snow in winter. They were places of refuge from the King's men or the local squire in the past.The snow would not build up therefore the spire, hence the church ,could still be spotted. Ditto for fog. A spire looming out of the mist or driving rain could only be that of a safe place to take refuge.
2006-09-13 01:54:34 · answer #2 · answered by Christine H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Steeples as we know them were largely an innovation of the English, inspired by Gothic spires of Germany and France, but popularized through the dominance of Sir Christopher Wren’s building authority in London following the Great Fire of 1666. The steeple is the only surviving external architectural trait which the earliest American settlers would allow to remain in the design of American church buildings."
There's a good article on the subject at the link below.
2006-09-13 01:23:16 · answer #3 · answered by DidacticRogue 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Much as Native Americans sent prayers skyward on smoke, spires are just a way of indicating a reaching toward heaven.
2006-09-13 01:23:04 · answer #4 · answered by missingora 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally, I think it is to show dominance. The church is the most expensive building in most places (and in the days they were built the most important one too), and to show it off they built it to be higher than other buildings. An easy way to make a building taller is to add a spire, as it is smaller than adding more floors, and so it is easier to make stay up.
2006-09-13 01:43:13 · answer #5 · answered by Steve-Bob 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So when poor old god starts to nod off listening to everyone complaining about everything the spires poke him to remind him what a PACK OF MOANERS HE CREATED! LOL, JK..dont know.
2006-09-13 01:25:58 · answer #6 · answered by brisbane b 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
So people could spot the church from a distance.
Its the same with Minarets in Mosques
2006-09-13 01:29:44 · answer #7 · answered by wally_zebon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Handy in a thunderstorm and for communicating with the mother ship
2006-09-13 10:54:33 · answer #8 · answered by Goatboy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So that lightning can strike them and bring the whole lot down on the "God Botherers" inside........kinnda ironic don`t ya think?
2006-09-13 01:23:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
So they can put a big cross on top and show God how much they love him.
2006-09-13 01:21:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋