an interesting question asked me by my friend....can someone please shed some light on this fundamental question of life
2007-02-16 06:27:24 · 19 answers · asked by Karen C 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Higher up, perhaps the feeling of closer to "god". But probably on high to be perceived as of greater importance. The higher up the more it appears as leadership etc etc etc.
We look upwards nartualy .. simply because our brain is above our eyes so we naturaly look up when searching for answers. And if we can always see one thing that is way up high that claims knowledge and leadership then its naturaly percieved as superior because most people want an answer and a leader.
2007-02-16 06:33:24 · answer #1 · answered by Rob 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Karen...most churches now days are built on flat ground that has been denuded of all trees and grass. Older church architecture, which is an interest of mine, was built more to fit the lay of the land. I suppose this is because they did not have the heavy machinery to flatten the earth. There is nothing more beautiful that looking out across the landscape and see the white steeple of a church as it rises from the side of a hill through the fall colored leaves. In our advancements, we always give someone of equal value up.
Peg
2007-02-16 14:45:50 · answer #2 · answered by Dust in the Wind 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Humans have an animistic knowledge that hills are holy places.
People sense in their bones that mounds and knolls are an invitation by the earth to climb the steep incline to pray and meditate.
Churches are often built in places where people, including indigneous tribes have prayed for 1000s of years.
Prayer is soft and changes the person who prays. The Universe, called 'God' by some, never changes.
2007-02-16 14:32:16 · answer #3 · answered by Marc Miami 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A lot of them here in New England are built on hills but not all. I would guess so it could be the focal point of the community so that when you looked there is it was.
No wonder I liked living in the flat-lands of Indiana.
2007-02-16 14:31:20 · answer #4 · answered by genaddt 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not all churches are built on hills. Many are not. I would suppose that any building built on a hill, including a church, is built there because it provides a fabulous view.
2007-02-16 14:31:19 · answer #5 · answered by Chimichanga to go please!! 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have 25 churches in my town and none of them are built on a hill. In fact we're in a valley.
2007-02-16 14:31:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
So God / religion etc dominates the area. Used as a powerful instrument of social control through promoting conformity. Have to go now 'cos dinner's ready.
2007-02-16 14:31:37 · answer #7 · answered by Finbarr D 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
so everyone could see them. closer thy god to thee and all that.
modern churches are dropped anywhere, real churches, that'll be saxon and norman ones ARE always built on prominent escarpments...
and just because today the landscape looks flat, i;ll bet then a few hundred years ago, when they were built, there was nothing else to be seen for miles in any direction
2007-02-16 14:30:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Puritan John Winthrop's "City on a Hill". This could be a reason why they prefer to build them on hills.
2007-02-16 14:30:05 · answer #9 · answered by taa 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
some churches are on top of hills because the people who built them thought it would better if thay where closer to god.sorry for my bad spelling.
2007-02-16 14:34:37 · answer #10 · answered by gizmo 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋