Comments on: Mormon Temple, Bethesda

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:23:43 +0000

Used to be mormon, now google is my god.

I love that you can read the temple ceremony online, and I hope everyone does. Mormonism is hard to take seriously after that.

I still want to answer the phone “What is wanted”. Haven’t yet, tho

By: qantog

qantog — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:25:08 +0000

Did you know they baptize dead people in there? Seriously. They have a particular fondness for Jewish Holocaust victims. Their mission is to make everyone Mormon, in this life or the next. If their arrogant little pimple faced elders can’t win you over in this life, they’ll just wait around like ghouls in a Michael Jackson video and scarf you up when you die.

The Mormon Motto is:

It doesn’t really matter,
For after all is said,
We’ll get you when you’re living,
Or we’ll get you when you’re dead.

By: Beavis

Beavis — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:50:07 +0000

I live nearby and I have noticed the lights are turned down so much so that I rarely notice it when driving by.

I went there one time to a concert and never came back. It was boring on the inside and there were lots of women with strange smiles. I felt like I was in the heavins gate compound or something. It does look pretty cool on the outside imo though.

By: Guy who knows

Guy who knows — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:25:42 +0000

Roll call of Mormon posters/apologists on this thread so far:

B^2, DCC, Lynnette, Cassy, and possibly Bridgeman.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:49:23 +0000

If you zoom in you can see the golden statue of Doc Severinsen. NIce to see he finally got some props for all that work on the Tonight show.

By: JBryan

JBryan — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:32:49 +0000

I’ve been to the Mormon Temple also. I was required to strip naked and was given a “shield ” (nothing more than a white sheet). Then I went in a small room and was “washed” with water and annointed with oil. After that I received my special underwear.

I was then required to wear a white robe, a baker’s hat, a green apron and some slippers and go through the “endowment” ceremony. Here I learned the signs, tokens (special secret handshakes), and the penalties.

It’s a creepy, cult-like ceremony.

They try and to make the outside look pretty because what goes on inside is so strange and bizzare you have to make a special oath not to discuss it with anyone outside. In fact it started to freak out so many people they change alot of it in 1990. This change got rid of the death oaths:

http://www.lds-mormon.com/compare.shtml

Don’t be afraid of Mormonism. Like in the Wizard of Oz the whole thing is run by an old man behind a curtain.

By: anizzon

anizzon — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:29:37 +0000

don’t be fooled by its beauty. I’ve been in there before and it truly is creepy.

google for ‘mormon temple ceremony’

By: architect

architect — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:10:33 +0000

This thing is kitsch rendered in stone, in the Disney school of architecture.

The plainest of European cathedrals exhibits more inspiration and exaltation than this mudhut ever will …

By: Bridgeman

Bridgeman — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:48:11 +0000

The day the Angel was set was quite an occassion making the front page of The Washington Post. Among the many Dignitaries and observers on hand to witness the event were people in Hospital Beds. Yes I said Hospital Beds. It was windy that day and there were Oohhs and Aahs coming from the observers as they witnessed the Iron Workers from Local 5 demonstrate their skills. It was indeed an Honor to be choosen for the task.

Bridgeman

By: el

el — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:25:13 +0000

Whoever first had the idea to “tag” the CSX bridge with “Surrender Dorothy” has made me giggle for over 35 years–and my little dog, too!!! Long live Oz. Thank goodness for funny people.