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Temple Evolution

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Temple evolution is definitely one of those controversial subjects among the Saints.

Some who hold with the Young Earth theory, contend that the Temple in Salt Lake has been around since its creation, about 6,000 years ago. Certain scholars at Utah Valley University contend that Temples evolved from a rock outcropping at Adam-ondi-Ahman Missouri, to the ancient Temple of Solomon in Israel, to the gothic splendor of the Salt Lake City Temple.

These so-called "Temple Evolutionists" have even been so bold as to point out that divergent species such as the Cathedral of Notre Dame, the Familia Sagrada Basilica in Barcelona, and the Crystal Cathedral in Orange Grove, California exist as proof of Temple evolution. Temple fundamentalists insist that these other structures do not exist or were planted by Satan to deceive the faithful.
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I always wondered how baptisms for the dead worked around the rock outcropping shown in the Temple video.
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drumdude wrote:
Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:40 am
I always wondered how baptisms for the dead worked around the rock outcropping shown in the Temple video.

MINUTES OF A CONFERENCE OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS, HELD IN NAUVOO, ILL., COMMENCING OCT. 1ST, 1841

Times and Seasons

Sunday 3rd, A. M. Conference assembled and was called to order by President Marks, and divine service commenced by the choir singing Hymn 274 and prayer by Br. H C. Kimball. President Joseph Smith, by request of some of the Twelve, gave instructions on the doctrine of Baptism for the Dead; which was listened to with intense interest by the large assembly. The speaker presented “Baptism for the Dead” as the only way that men can appear as saviors on mount Zion.

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The speaker then announced, “There shall be no more baptisms for the dead, until the ordinance can be attended to in the font of the Lord’s House; and the church shall not hold another general conference, until they can meet in said house. For thus saith the Lord!”
Closed by prayer by Pres. Hyrum Smith—adjourned for one hour.

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Re: Temple Evolution

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DNA sequencing of the LDS temple suggests that there was major interbreeding with the masonic temple at some point in the past.
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