2007-02-06 09:38:59 · 6 answers · asked by Sean 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A place for Jesus to land?
A marker for God to see all his sheeple?
tell me
2007-02-06 09:39:46 · update #1
The oldest steeples had bell towers in them to remind people that it was time to come to church. After that they started to modernize them and put clocks in them.
2007-02-06 12:14:21 · answer #1 · answered by Freedom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The original purpose of a steeple is to point skyward toward God. So visitors and towns people would know where the church was.
2007-02-06 17:50:43 · answer #2 · answered by sunny 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A way for the church to remind you who's in charge with their giant phallic spire.
2007-02-06 17:50:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an architectural element that is supposed to remind people to look to God, in that it "points to heaven."
2007-02-06 17:42:25 · answer #4 · answered by daisyk 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A place for lightning to hit.
2007-02-06 17:45:01 · answer #5 · answered by wleef2002 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It keeps the church from eating Muslims.
2007-02-06 17:45:26 · answer #6 · answered by Holly Marie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋