Albuquerque New Mexico Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon)

USA / New Mexico / North Valley / San Francisco Drive NE, 10301
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LDS Temple (Mormon)
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albuquerque_New_Mexico_Temple
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Coordinates:   35°10'3"N   106°31'30"W

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  • Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time! But He loves you. He loves you, and He NEEDS MONEY!!! Mormon protip: when they build new temples the public is often times allowed to walk through parts of it for a limited time. Crystal Chandelier the size of a Cadillac, gold leaf trim wall paper, gold plated baptismal, carpet that costs hundreds of dollars per square foot? All check.
  • Blargh, it happens that the doctrine that all sinners are condemned forever to Hell is one that the Mormon Church specifically rejects. This makes your comment funny in a different way than I think you intended. Yes, the temples are nice. After all, they're viewed as a gift to God, a House built for Him by human hands, and it's understandable that one would want to give the very best. Better yet, the contributions that pay for them are entirely voluntary, unlike (for example) the public money that helped fund a photograph of a crucifix in a jar of urine or a picture of the Virgin Mary decorated with elephant dung and clippings from pornographic magazines.
  • Kent is actually correct. Permanent Hell does exist in Mormon cannon and people go there until they have paid for their sins ... somehow. Then they get to go to heaven and live on the planet that god lives on since he's an alien. Or something. I guess they pay in installment plans. Or plastic, I guess. Or putting in sweat equity into one of the many bitchin' houses god apparently has but never seems to use. This all means smith-didly if you blaspheme the holy spirit by denying its influence or its existance; it is the unforgiveable sin. If you think that unicorns (which is basically a horse + narwhal) are more likely than the holy spirit (I've seen a horse and a narwhal) then you are unforgivable. Blaspheming the holy spirit is the most easiest sin to commit. For example, since it seems bizzare and even unlikely that the holy spirit wants to help you in your petty personal affairs, such as building the courage up to talk to that pretty girl or how to give that big presentation at the office but somehow lets a child starve to death -- and I mean starve, like his organs digest themselves -- every 13 seconds on this planet. Also, it's just feels sort of like we are talking about whether Dungeons & Dragons 3rd or 4th edition was better or maybe it feels kind of shoe-horned in, sort of like a late-season addition to a sitcom.
  • Blargh, your understanding of the Mormon concept of the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost is as deficient as was your understanding of the Mormon concept of hell, in spite of the fact that you apparently went and did some very cursory research after my previous post. In Mormon doctrine, it is not the easiest of sins to commit. It is probably the hardest.
  • This has been most interesting to read. Although I could have done with a little less sarcasm, considering when on uses sarcasm as a means to validate one's argument all that happens is no one hears the initial message, only the sarcasm. Now, thinking on the issues concerning religion, I know nothing about the Mormon Church seeing as I am not Mormon or the Catholic Church because I am not Catholic; one has to wonder why grand demonstrations of wealth are necessary. I suppose in history they served their purpose. Demonstrations of extreme wealth was a way of solidifying one's authority. Popes would commission great artists to carve blocks of marble into statues we consider great works of art; make no mistake about it, they are. I've seen some, the Statue of David, the Pieta, who else but God could give such talent. But for whatever the reasons the Mormon Church has for building temples like these I do believe their beliefs are real for them. And have less to do with in-you-face expressions of wealth and more to do with tradition. Is it really that hard to believe that the Creator deserves to have the finest?
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