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Vorpal Sword 09-05-2002, 09:59 AM Why do churches have bells and
steeples? 09-05-2002, 10:03 AM To call the parishioners to
worship, to sound alarms, to ring in celebration. And obviously,
the higher up the source of a sound is, the farther the sound is
going to carry. 09-05-2002, 10:05 AM Bells: to call the faithful
to worship (since before common people had clocks). Steeples: a
bit more complex; I'll let somebody else answer, but
'steeplechases' used to be a horse race from one town to another
(the church steeple being the only visible landmark above the
treetops and rolling hills). 09-05-2002, 11:38 AM Not all do of
couse, and a fair proportion have towers in place of steeples.
Why. Well a steeple is a handy landmark etc in a world poor
roads and maps, they must have been a rather reasuring sight -
you will not get lost and spend an uncomftable night in the
woods. But I think that the main reason is simply that they are
impressive. Churches, at lea