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Posted by: forbiddencokedrinker ( )
Date: February 27, 2013 03:24PM
Some buildings that are more beautiful then any Mormon temple.

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQPkHmzwP5YTegCEbubIn_IxNU7NB54B3mf9D9zu7t38F0AJQONtQ

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQgRE2K3hEiyhuMrBGrBkp1jLQfkQIIJ1TTDMV-09xDyjWBo7lJ

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRzjDqrNsrZY7uI7s0NkvDr5Ae76vcij4f15bq1H4hkovS_9DgH

These are all from St. Petersburg, Russia. In fact, just do a google image search of that city, and you will find hundreds of buildings that make LDS temples look like crap.

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Posted by: Mia ( )
Date: February 27, 2013 03:29PM
Re: Some buildings that are more beautiful then any Mormon temple.

Victoria BC
The Empress hotel
http://www.fairmont.com/empress-victoria/dining/afternoontea/

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Posted by: MJ ( )
Date: February 27, 2013 04:28PM
Speaking of Canada, the Fairmon Le Chateau in Quebec

http://etraveltrips.com/eTravelTrips/images/deals/Fairmont_Le_Chateau_Frontenac-view.jpg


http://0.tqn.com/d/gocanada/1/0/p/1/-/-/QuebecCityChateauFrontenacBallroom.JPG

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Posted by: quebec ( )
Date: February 28, 2013 10:20AM
Re: Speaking of Canada, the Fairmon Le Chateau in Quebec

That's where my parents met and fell in love.

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Posted by: Lostmypassword ( )
Date: February 27, 2013 03:52PM
Re: Some buildings that are more beautiful then any Mormon temple.

A shipyard drydock.

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Posted by: crom ( )
Date: February 28, 2013 01:24PM
Re: Some buildings that are more beautiful then any Mormon temple.

I burst out laughing.

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Posted by: MJ ( )
Date: February 27, 2013 04:19PM
Re: Some buildings that are more beautiful then any Mormon temple.

http://www.hellotravel.com/sites/default/files/tigers%20nest.jpg

http://weheartit.com/entry/19737371?group=A&imgres=

http://favimages.com/image/10521/

http://www.sacredearth-travel.com/features/Pro/LakeDistrict/montmagic.gif

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Posted by: moe ( )
Date: February 27, 2013 06:01PM
Re: Some buildings that are more beautiful then any Mormon temple.

Grand Masonic Lodge in Philly..

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/28476634


evidently someone copied more than just the handshakes and oaths

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Posted by: cludgie ( )
Date: February 27, 2013 06:11PM
Re: Some buildings that are more beautiful then any Mormon temple.

That is some lodge! It's a bit busy, but pretty impressive. You know what doesn't happen there? Masonic missionaries don't descend on you and pester you when you're just having a look.

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Posted by: moe ( )
Date: February 27, 2013 06:16PM
Re: Some buildings that are more beautiful then any Mormon temple.

cludgie Wrote:
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> That is some lodge! It's a bit busy, but pretty
> impressive.

look again at the architechure and tell me what it looks like...anything familiar?

did you miss that?

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Posted by: cludgie ( )
Date: February 27, 2013 06:09PM
Re: Some buildings that are more beautiful then any Mormon temple.

Refresh my Mormon memory: Why, exactly, to Mormons think that their temples are beautiful? I get so confused over that.

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Posted by: wwfsmd ( )
Date: February 27, 2013 06:23PM
Re: Some buildings that are more beautiful then any Mormon temple.

Because they've never been outside of Utah.

Although I rather think some of the temples would have done a Soviet architect proud... shudder.

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Posted by: cludgie ( )
Date: February 27, 2013 06:29PM
Re: Some buildings that are more beautiful then any Mormon temple.

Yes! And here is a quiz for you. Which looks better, the Soviet-built Palace of Culture in Warsaw, Poland, or the LDS temple in Los Angeles?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Culture_and_Science

http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/losangeles/

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Posted by: Johnny Canuck ( )
Date: February 27, 2013 08:14PM
Re: Some buildings that are more beautiful then any Mormon temple.

The one in Edmonton looks like a Nazi blockhouse.

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Posted by: forbiddencokedrinker ( )
Date: February 27, 2013 09:46PM
Re: Some buildings that are more beautiful then any Mormon temple.

I just googled it, and if they took down the temple spire, and replaced it with a battery of 88mm AA guns, it would be a perfect match.

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Posted by: GNPE ( )
Date: February 27, 2013 10:15PM
Re: Some buildings that are more beautiful then any Mormon temple.

any tool shed.

the Guggenheim Museum

Lincoln Center, Empire State Building, Chrysler Building.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lincoln_Center_Twilight.jpg

Sydney Opera House

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sydney_opera_house_side_view.jpg

Seattle Public Library, Central Branch; Space Needle, Pike Place Market; Pacific Science Center.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PikePlaceMarket.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2009-0604-19-SeattleCentralLibrary.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Pacific_Science_Center_at_night_04.jpg

LOTS of buildings in the east (singapore, etc)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Burj_Khalifa_building.jpg

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Posted by: Mnemonic ( )
Date: February 28, 2013 11:37AM
Re: Some buildings that are more beautiful then any Mormon temple.

This building is especially beautiful when you need to use the service it provides...

http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cchouk/poston/out_house.jpg

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Posted by: forbiddencokedrinker ( )
Date: March 01, 2013 12:19AM
Re: Some buildings that are more beautiful then any Mormon temple.

Far more useful, and provides a much more needed service to humanity then a temple.

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Posted by: Mr. Neutron ( )
Date: February 28, 2013 11:48AM
Re: Some buildings that are more beautiful then any Mormon temple.

Prague:

http://chiaroscuro.baltiblogs.com/archives/prague.jpg

Budapest:

http://toptravellists.net/wallpapers/2012/06/Budapest-Cityscape-Hungary-1600x2560.jpg

The Forbidden City in Beijing:

http://forbiddencitybeijing.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/forbidden-city.jpg

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Posted by: rhgc ( )
Date: February 28, 2013 12:22PM
Re: Some buildings that are more beautiful then any Mormon temple.

More than some: A LOT!
My home is more beautiful!

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Posted by: wine country girl ( )
Date: February 28, 2013 12:44PM
Re: Some buildings that are more beautiful then any Mormon temple.

http://www.prepper-resources.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/outhouse-moon.jpg

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Posted by: MJ ( )
Date: February 28, 2013 01:58PM
Then there is this: (warning to LDS lurkers, this will be offensive to you)

Take the top sign to read "LDS leadership" and the bottom sign to read "members" and you have an LDS temple.


http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_88BhiMhxm1g/Rx33XIJt7AI/AAAAAAAAAAg/J5IxlRc72uc/S760/outhouse%2Band%2Bpolitics%2B1.jpg



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/28/2013 02:02PM by MJ.

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Posted by: badseed ( )
Date: February 28, 2013 01:50PM
Re: Some buildings that are more beautiful then any Mormon temple.

http://villageofjoy.com/20-unusual-churches-part-i/

For the modernist/minimalists here:
http://duranvirginia.wordpress.com/2013/02/21/curiosities-modern-religious-architecture-2001-2012/

LDS Churches and Temple despite all their attempts to be beautiful and timeless feel souless to me. They look like hotel lobbies inside but then that makes sense cuz they're all business — the business of Mormonizing all of humanity.

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Posted by: badseed ( )
Date: February 28, 2013 01:53PM
Forgot this...

http://www.google.com/search?q=angkor+wat&hl=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=_aYvUYroKKeaiAL5g4C4Dg&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ&biw=1571&bih=748#hl=en&tbm=isch&q=angkor+wat+cambodia&revid=6917140&sa=X&ei=GacvUYfsH43riQLiu4DQCw&ved=0CE4QgxY&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.43148975,d.cGE&fp=4954253d6cf8a3&biw=1571&bih=748

LDS Temples seem kinda inferior by comparison

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Posted by: adoylelb ( )
Date: February 28, 2013 03:25PM
Re: Some buildings that are more beautiful then any Mormon temple.

Speaking of hotels, I think the Mission Inn in Riverside, CA looks much better than the Redlands temple. In fact, I even prefer their light display at Christmas over the one that's at the LA temple.

http://www.missioninn.com/

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Posted by: MJ ( )
Date: February 28, 2013 03:59PM
The pool at the Mission Inn was where I lkearned to swim. (n/t)


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Posted by: crom ( )
Date: February 28, 2013 03:57PM
In my previous life

I was a structural engineer. I went on a tour of Beuhner Concrete and they were making the tilt up panels for a temple at the time.

The ones for the temple are whiter and more delightsome than typical, but that is all.

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