{"id":44661,"date":"2017-10-21T21:11:26","date_gmt":"2017-10-22T03:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=44661"},"modified":"2017-10-21T21:16:05","modified_gmt":"2017-10-22T03:16:05","slug":"temples-good-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2017\/10\/temples-good-things.html","title":{"rendered":"On temples and other good things"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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A daytime shot of the Indianapolis Indiana Temple<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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A temple, good or bad, is a scale-model of the universe. [I believe] the first mention of the word\u00a0templum<\/em>\u00a0is by Varro, for whom it designates a building specially designed for interpreting signs in the heavens\u2014a sort of observatory where one gets one\u2019s bearings on the universe.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat Is a Temple?\u201d\u00a0Collected Works of Hugh Nibley<\/em>\u00a04:357-58<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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We had dinner, this evening, over at the home of the president and matron of the Indiana Indianapolis Temple, with all of the\u00a0members of the temple presidency and their wives (the assistant matrons), the temple recorder, and one of the assistant recorders and his wife. \u00a0The meal was excellent, and the conversation focused largely on\u00a0one of my favorite subjects \u2014 the temple in antiquity.<\/p>\n

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You can, by the way, get some idea of the look of the Indianapolis Indiana Temple\u2019s interior via this 2015 article in the Indianapolis Star<\/em>:<\/p>\n

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\u201cGet a rare look inside a Mormon temple\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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There are some changes en route<\/em> for missionary work:<\/p>\n

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\u201cA Primer on Coming Changes to the\u00a0Missionary Program\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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It will be useful for young people preparing for missions to know what they need to be shooting for:<\/p>\n

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\u201cStandard Interview Questions for Prospective Missionaries\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cStandard Interview Questions for Prospective Missionaries: Frequently Asked Questions\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s a response to the review article (\u201cShould We Apologize for Apologetics?\u201d<\/a>)\u00a0that was just published in Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture<\/em>:<\/p>\n

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\u201cApologetics: Still an Important Tool in Strengthening Faith\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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And here\u2019s another item that\u2019s obviously quite relevant:<\/p>\n

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\u201cSome tips on becoming an effective apologist\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Many of you will be interested in this piece, from my friend Laura Harris Hales:<\/p>\n

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\u201cIs There Really No Room at the Mormon Inn for \u2018Nonconformist\u2019 Believers?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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She is referring to a conference that was recently held up in Logan. \u00a0It was the same weekend that my wife and I were down in Cedar City at the fall season of the Utah Shakespeare Festival.<\/p>\n

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This short article offers quite an interesting take on the question its title asks:<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhy Doesn\u2019t the Book of Mormon Say Anything About Homosexuality?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Fortunately, we\u2019re not mentioned in this piece, which is \u2014 the piece, not our failure to appear in it \u2014 pretty funny:<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat Should You Wear To Church? A Handy Guide For Each Denomination\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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I suspect that we\u2019re just plain too easy in this regard. \u00a0A description of our<\/em>\u00a0standard church dress would scarcely count<\/em> as either a stereotype or a satire.<\/p>\n

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Posted from Carmel, Indiana<\/p>\n

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