Look up the YouTube channel NewNameNoah to see videos of what happens in Mormon temples and you can see the things that they won't tell you when you visit the visitors center.
I was raised Mormon. I have been to the visitors center at the DC temple and done baptisms for the dead in temples in Idaho and Utah. Mormon temples are separate from Mormon chapels. Chapels are for Sunday worship. Temples are for performing baptisms for the dead, endowments, sealings, etc. during the week. They encourage you to ask questions about it at their visitors centers.
Not because they do anything illegal, to be clear.
What they won't tell you about in the visitors center is that secret handshakes are a part of Mormonism and the temple. I didn't know this until after I graduated college and resigned from the church. I felt betrayed when I looked up the YouTube videos of the Mormon temple endowment.
Nice building structure. Looks big from the outside. Nice location along the silver creek. Only that the place is not visible from the main road. I failed to trace the main entrance but I guess driving under normal traffic one might miss it. Nice golden top structures I dont know if tours are accepted here.
Betrayed because some of it was contradictory to what I was taught (for example, I was told that everyone wears all white in the temple. I had no idea that they wore green aprons) and horrified just because there was so much that was kept a secret.
This Temple is breathtaking. It is so tall and beautiful. Next to the Temple is a visitors center. The workers their were very nice. They explained how the Temple was built and how it came about. I had a great time visiting.
My family enjoyed the temple visitor's center's interactive exhibits. The staff are helpful and friendly. You can even get a complimentary photo with the temple as a backdrop. The temple grounds are stunningly beautiful. I'm glad we stopped on our way home to Tennessee.
I don't think they should have held back so much information from a young person like me who was being taught that the temple was the most important thing in my religion. As a child, I was taught songs with lyrics like "I love to see the temple/I'm going there some day", I was taught to pay tithing to the church (paying tithing, or 10% of your income for life, is a requirement to enter the temple), and I was always taught to listen to my priesthood leaders (there are other songs like "Follow the Prophet" that still get stuck in my head), who control whether or not members receive a temple recommend and are allowed to go into the temples. It makes me feel very manipulated, like they were trying to control me, now that I know how much they weren't telling me.
Very beautiful place! Great visitor center with lots of shows and tour guides.
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