User talk:Hansum

Your recent edit
Hi there, I saw your recent edit on the church steeple article. The text which you placed in the article space is not for there, it is for the talk page. As wikipedia is a collaborative project, editers must agree on courses of action rather than simply going ahead and writing things without citing sources. So I will revert those edits and post the text which you wrote onto your talk page, if you could then post it onto the talk page for that article I would be most grateful. What you had to say was very interesting, so maybe if people can come to a consensus about it then it will be on there, but the article space is not the place for disagreements. Regards Benjaminstewart05 07:44, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

The previous writer claims that the pagan origins of steeples is a myth, and nothing could be further from the truth. Allow me to explain. A "steeple" is nothing more than an "obelisk", which is a tall structure with a pyramid on the end (such as the washington monument). When the author states that the steeples "were fairly modest and entirely separate structures from churches", he speaks of the christian practice of putting obelisks in front of their worship centers, such as the ancient egyptian obelisk in front of the Basilica in Rome. The modern day steeple eventually went to the top of the church so that it could be the highest point in the town, and thus could be seen clearly. More on this in a moment. The word OBELISK literally interpreted means "Baals shaft" or "Baals organ of reproduction". Baal was a popular pagan diety, worshipped during even moses time, and closely associated with phallic worship. Early christians used pagan symbolism to attract "paganos", or country-dwellers, to their places of worship, much like the use of other symbols such as christmas trees and easter eggs. Know why a church steeple has a "bell" (baal) in it? You may also like to know why a common slang term for a mans genetalia is commonly referred to as a "ding-a-ling" or a "ding-dong"? Or why the bell is shaped like a phallus. This and many other mysteries are revealed to those who seek the truth without fear of divine retribution. I suggest typing in the words "christian origins" into any search engine, then start reading the truth for yourself. Thank you for reading my first article posted to wikipedia.