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Date: March 08, 2023 09:42AM
I ran across a recent training video for family history and the temple. Elder Bednar was the main presenter. He mentioned that in the past we focused on the temple and ordinances but we didn’t focus on Christ.
He said we are now putting Christ first and the temple ordinances yoke us to Christ. He then made a comment that temples were important but they should not be our main focus. Just the way Bednar said it made me realize the church leadership are realizing they have created a problem for themselves. There was annoyance and frustration in Elder Bednar’s voice.
Getting a new temple in your local area creates a huge amount of excitement. That excitement is there from the announcement through the construction to the open house and dedication. After a few months the excitement is gone. Then the attendance starts to slide.
The temple is just another building in the area at this point. It’s nothing new. It’s just there. I think the church leadership are frustrated at this attitude. Oh my gosh, the members just care about the building. Once they see the inside and how it’s decorated they lose interest. They find the ordnance’s boring.
So let’s change things to create curiosity. Let’s tell them going to the temple and doing ordinances yokes you to Christ. If you aren’t going to the temple you aren’t putting Christ first. Kind of funny when Christ never did any of this temple shit himself. I don’t think Christ ever wore a green apron.
Anyways the church just started building more temples because they could. The people cheer the announcements but after the temple is built it’s Ho Hum. I guess this put Christ first and the ordinances yoke you to Christ is supposed to make it more than a building and ritual. It’s a desperate attempt. The reality is there just isn’t anything spiritually invigorating about a bunch of canned rituals. The temple is boring to most and creepy to some. Only the most brainwashed seem to like it or maybe even them are just saying the do.
Now the church has all these temples that are hitting diminishing returns.