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malchickiwick

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6. As a teenager, I was baptized for and in behalf of some three dozen-odd dead guys there.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Feb 28, 2020, 02:14 PM

Feb 2020

We made the trek down from Massachusetts, b/c DC was the closest temple at the time. Fun Fact: None other than Mittens Willard Romney conducted my "worthiness interview."

And, yes, I escaped not long after.

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For The First Time In A Generation, The Mormon Temple Will Open To The Public [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2020 OP

Timing isn't the best. n/t rzemanfl Feb 2020 #1

Fun fact: Whenever they do temporarily open a temple to us heathens, yonder Feb 2020 #2

We wore booties when we visited the pre-consecrated one in La Jolla More_Cowbell Feb 2020 #3

So now I'm curious. Was the one you visited an established temple or new? yonder Feb 2020 #4

New, not yet consecrated, 1992 I think it was nt More_Cowbell Feb 2020 #8

I toured it prior to the opening in '74 Algernon Moncrieff Feb 2020 #5

We toured it back in 1974 too, and it was surprising. It's not like a cathedral, with a large.... EarnestPutz Feb 2020 #11

As a teenager, I was baptized for and in behalf of some three dozen-odd dead guys there. malchickiwick Feb 2020 #6

Besides Mormons, who would want to visit? The only way Hassler Feb 2020 #7

Just in time to spread the good word of Javaman Feb 2020 #9

I can't believe that I have misplaced my 11 pairs of socks and my soap. LastDemocratInSC Feb 2020 #10

A friend and his wife prevailed on my wife and I to go on the tour of the San Diego temple. NNadir Feb 2020 #12

Will be be allowed into the sealing room Crazyleftie Feb 2020 #13

That is a totally creepy place. efhmc Mar 2020 #14

Nice - I took a tour of The Kirtland Temple in Ohio many years ago Backseat Driver Mar 2020 #15