For The First Time In A Generation, The Mormon Temple Will Open To The Public

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

....soaring space, but is more a multistory office building with numerous small classrooms and chapels, all done in white and gold to create an effect of being in "heaven". The people who guided us were also dressed in white robes to appear angelic. We were told that after the period that the public would be allowed in, the entire temple would be cleansed and afterwards only Mormons "in good standing", as confirmed by their local elders, would be allowed in. When I asked what constituted being "in good standing", they mentioned tithing ten percent to the church, but couldn't think of another criterion to mention. As we rode up in the elevators we skipped one or two floors and they said they were just mechanical spaces, something I don't think is put in the middle of a building.