“Yes, I am LDS and I guarantee that any information you get from Colofornian is the same objectivity that you’ll get about Jews from the Muslim Brotherhood.”
Nice of you to (apparenlty) confess that you believe Jews are liars. I disagree. Don’t let that stop you from posting any, any, any objective info here to back up your claims.
“Colofornian and her ilk of self-appointed Non-Denomination Inquisitors excell at smears, inuendo, and distortion.”
That is a sentence packed with ad hominem attack. It is not an actual logic or fact based counterpoint - of which I haven’t see you post yet. This is a personal attack that is not allowed on the Religion Forum, as you should know.
“I have been to various LDS temples many times through my life and it is a peaceful activity devoted to our ancestors in conformance with 1st Corinthians 15:29”
There are no Christian Temples. Christians are the Temple of God. Nor are temples mentioned in the passage you quote. Nor do you understand the passage you quoted if you believe the Bible teaches Christians to pretend to be baptized for the dead.
The fact that you are a biased participant might lead some to believe that you can’t be an objective source of information. Remember your (apparent) slander of Jews in your post? I suggest you post some factual links and let’s have a real discussion.
“It is also a place where you can go and leave the outside world behind to feel the Holy Ghost and the Love of God.”
What is felt there is the lobby of a Marriott. It is made up out of whole cloth. In God’s Temple in the Hebrew Scriptures, He specified in detail how His Temple should look. Mormon temples aren’t in any of the mormonic scriptures. This explains why Marriott had to step in and help.
There are no Christian Temples. Christians are the Temple of God. Nor are temples mentioned in the passage you quote. Nor do you understand the passage you quoted if you believe the Bible teaches Christians to pretend to be baptized for the dead. [AMPU]
ALL: The Mormon church owns the Deseret Book Co. In 1977, it printed a book entitled: A Topical Guide to the Scriptures of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints...why it wouldn't surprise me if Teppe referenced it as a young missionary lad on the mission field.
I look at the entry for "temple" found on pp. 451-452. Per this source, the Helaman and Alma references are to "unholy temples."
That leaves only three Book of Mormon books that references "temple"...2 Nephi 5:16, Jacob 1:17; 2:2; and 3 Nephi 11:1; 24:1...the last one is about the Lord coming to his temple...The first one is about a temple being built...3 Nephi 11:1 is about being around a temple...which leaves only the book of Jacob telling anybody what was done in a temple...Jacob 1:17 says teaching was going on there...and the word of God was declared in the temple in Jacob 2:2...
That is the full extent of Book of Mormon teachings on the temple!
If Mormonism is some "restoration" of what they were doing in BoM times, then where did all of this ritualism come from???
Check 'em out!
Whitewashed sepulchers come to my mind...