LDS Temple Tour
I visited a Mormon temple yesterday. The new temple is opening up in two weeks here in the OC, and they let us regular Christians visit during the weeks before it's opened. After that, if we want back in, we have to join the faith. I have no pictures because they confiscated cameras from people who had them out. I'm not sure why. They pass out pictures of the place to every guest, and it's still not dedicated, so, as far as I know, it's not yet actually holy ground, so I didn't understand how a few photos would hurt anybody, but I didn't question it.
It was not at all what I expected. I was expecting a cathedral with massive seating like at Mariner's, or Queen of Angels, or Crystal Cathedral or the Astrodome. It was just a series of specifically designed rooms. There were elaborate decors and a couple of vaulted ceilings, but it was nothing like I had imagined. Still, it was interesting to see and hear about how LDS worship.
They had more visitors than the parking lots can handle, so we were instructed to park about two miles away, and a school bus brought us in, which led to awkward moments when a born-again Christian protestor ran over to the bus at a red light and started warning us about the allegedly blasphemous beliefs of Mormons. Stuff about everyone being his own god with his own planet one day, and how Jesus wasn't conceived immaculately, but that God the Father came down and has sex with Mary.
And I was like, "dude, we're just hear to see the artwork and architecture and eat some freaking cookies." Besides, Christians shouldn't be hassling other Christians until we take care of other problems, like militant muslims who want to kill all Christians because we're infidels. So, uh, take it to the mosque or something.
Funny My Father and Mother and Aunts and Uncles and My Ward Members, Myself and My wife and about 1000 other people I have known and talked to have ready ALL of the scriptures Bible, Old and New Testament, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Convenants. ALL LDS and Bible scripture and none of us have ever left the church. So until you can say for sure that anyone you met had never read all of the scriptures you can't make such a remark.
Posted by: Jack Mormon | July 20, 2008 at 22:30
Those ideas concerning the Mormon church come from LDS scripture. The whole time I was LDS, I never met anyone who had actually read all of the scriptures cover to cover. If they had, they would have all left at age 18 like I did.
Posted by: Jack Mormon | March 03, 2008 at 10:57
I am unsure where you got some of those ideas concerning the mormon church but you might want to try this link.... http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=e419fb40e21cef00VgnVCM1000001f5e340aRCRD
Posted by: Random Person | March 01, 2008 at 16:07
> and how Jesus wasn't conceived immaculately, but that God the Father came down and has sex with Mary.
I've heard that before, and it didn't really make sense. I thought the Immaculate Conception -was- Mary being impregnated by God, and that's why Jesus was both God and man.
I mean, yeah, our stories don't have God becoming a person and getting it on with a shepherd girl (that was more for Jove than Yahweh) but in the end it seems to be about the same thing.
The temple sounds interesting. Shame re: no pictures, though.
Posted by: Cow | August 14, 2005 at 09:57