https://www.patheos.com/blogs/danpeters ... mples.html“DCP” wrote: Now, of course, the predominantly atheistic folks on the Obsession Board are free to disdain and reject what the Bible says about the tabernacle and about the temple of Solomon, but they can’t reasonably expect people who accept the biblical accounts to act as if they don’t. They are free to create their own god or non-god to their own liking, but nobody else is obliged to follow them in that.
One final matter: An Obsession Board critic faults me for supposedly bragging about locating temples in expensive areas where impoverished Saints dare not venture. But this is absurd. We tend, it’s true, not to put temples in dangerously run-down areas suffering from high crime rates and urban decay and no garbage pick-up and no public transportation. But there is no bar against poor Latter-day Saints entering our temples, where everyone dresses alike and class distinctions are invisible and the covenants and promises are the same for all. Isn’t it wonderful that even the poorest are welcomed into the House of the Lord if they keep their covenants and obey the commandments? Isn’t it wonderful that they are welcome in such serene and beautiful places?
Isn’t it wonderful that Mormon God taxes the rich and poor with a flat tax? The poor are welcome into the temple, but only after giving up 10 percent of their meager income. I’m sure deciding whether to eat or do their temple work is an easy decision for all these poor temple-going Mormons. Isn’t it wonderful?
