Posted by:
axeldc
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Date: August 04, 2014 09:49AM
I honestly thought you were lying about this, so I Googled and found this article which verifies what you said, complete with video tour.
http://www.standard.net/Faith/2014/07/29/30-Ogden-Temple-tour.htmlI find it appalling that they take so much money from tithing and rob American taxpayers to build this monstrosity. They can't even afford janitors for chapels and they can redo an existing temple in this gilded nonsense.
Even if they were going to spend this money, they could have at least built up the community. Why import Egyptian granite when the entire state of Utah is made of granite? Why use African mahogany, which is endangered, when you are surrounded by pine trees? Would it not be better for the Ogden Temple to be built by local craftsmen with local materials to support the local economy, not Egypt and China?
They give no thought to the poor, to the members, to the environment and build this opulent palace in the name of God? That's sickening.