Talk:Votive candle
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[edit] Image change
I changed the second image of candles here because the candles in it were very similar to those pictured in the first. While I'm not well-versed in the types of votive candles used in ceremonies in the eastern hemisphere, in the United States and much of Latin America, you'll frequently see candles of the nature pictured in Image:Votive candles.jpg, which tend to be more colorful and often include words and pictures on the glass container. The new image helps to better represent that. Tijuana Brass 00:08, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] NPOV tag
Going over this article, it has been written in a way that defines votive candles in somewhat narrow, exclusive terms -- it feels like I'm reading the individual experience of a couple of people rather than a good description of the many forms which I've seen these candles take. To give some examples, the first section, which is Catholic-centric, doesn't necessarily outline how I've seen candles used in all Catholic churches. The third part, which seems like an evangelical aside (and appears to be mostly OR), is more instructive than encyclopedic. And I see no description of the role that votives play in Latin American religion, which is unique from Anglo churches.
I'll try to clean things up a little in the near future, but in the meantime, I've added an NPOV tag to inform readers that the description given here is flawed. Tijuana Brass (talk) 05:18, 20 November 2007 (UTC) [Neutrality disputed — See talk page]. The statement that one should choose to be a Chatholic because it is the right religon for all is clearly pushing someones own personal opinion.
