Yesterday at Lunch

[_karl61]

I was having lunch yesterday with a friend. The subject turned to Utah. He said that he still remembers about ten years ago when he took a visitors tour at the Salt Lake Temple. It was interesting - he told me that the tour guide talking to their group started to explain about the materials it took to build the temple. He kept telling me how they guide would say that they took this type of wood and made it look like marble. He then said they guy kept referring to this over and over and over again trying to impress the group. . He said it was like "okay, we understand" "lets talk about something different". After ten years when he thinks about the Salt Lake Temple he thinks about the tour guide and the materials speech.

I think tour guides miss a great oppurtunity to talk about some real interesting things that happened in LDS history that not too many people know about. Joseph Smith marrying woman who were still married to men who were alive. Why Joseph Smith escaped from Missouri etc, etc. everyone would be wide eyed with open ears with likely a lot of "wow!"s.

[_The Nehor]

When will people learn???

UTAH IS TO BE AVOIDED.

[_Doctor Steuss]

I say less talk about the wood made to look like marble in the Tabernacle, and instead talk about the acoustics.

<--- Wishes Johnny Cash had recorded his last album there.

[_Infymus]

I was having lunch yesterday with a friend. The subject turned to Utah. He said that he still remembers about ten years ago when he took a visitors tour at the Salt Lake Temple. It was interesting - he told me that the tour guide talking to their group started to explain about the materials it took to build the temple. He kept telling me how they guide would say that they took this type of wood and made it look like marble. He then said they guy kept referring to this over and over and over again trying to impress the group. . He said it was like "okay, we understand" "lets talk about something different". After ten years when he thinks about the Salt Lake Temple he thinks about the tour guide and the materials speech.

I think tour guides miss a great oppurtunity to talk about some real interesting things that happened in LDS history that not too many people know about. Joseph Smith marrying woman who were still married to men who were alive. Why Joseph Smith escaped from Missouri etc, etc. everyone would be wide eyed with open ears with likely a lot of "wow!"s.

Did the guide mention that the Mormon God didn't want to stay at the Motel 6, hence all of the expensive materials?

[_solomarineris]

I was having lunch yesterday with a friend. The subject turned to Utah. He said that he still remembers about ten years ago when he took a visitors tour at the Salt Lake Temple. It was interesting - he told me that the tour guide talking to their group started to explain about the materials it took to build the temple. He kept telling me how they guide would say that they took this type of wood and made it look like marble. He then said they guy kept referring to this over and over and over again trying to impress the group. . He said it was like "okay, we understand" "lets talk about something different". After ten years when he thinks about the Salt Lake Temple he thinks about the tour guide and the materials speech.

I think tour guides miss a great oppurtunity to talk about some real interesting things that happened in LDS history that not too many people know about. Joseph Smith marrying woman who were still married to men who were alive. Why Joseph Smith escaped from Missouri etc, etc. everyone would be wide eyed with open ears with likely a lot of "wow!"s.

Not all guides are morons, I wanted to climb up to new tabernacle, they didn't let anyone alone but this older guy actually was very well mannered and gave me time to take pictures, didn't push his religion on me, but I told him I was from SL.
It was a pleasant experience.
Church should be more selective, some people just don't have the talent to guide people.

[_Scottie]

I also heard a temple tour guide say that when the tabernacle was built, way before electricity, that they were inspired to put conduits into the architecture that was later used to wire the whole thing up.

Any truth to this?

[_dooosh]

When will people learn???

UTAH IS TO BE AVOIDED.

This has always humored me.

The Utah Mormons think that they are the chosen of god's chosen.

The non Utah Mormons think the same about themselves.

Get this, you all are morons.

[_Blixa]

I also heard a temple tour guide say that when the tabernacle was built, way before electricity, that they were inspired to put conduits into the architecture that was later used to wire the whole thing up.

Any truth to this?

I think that's right up there with the myth of special, wide vertical vents being left in the temple that the builders could not fathom the need for, and yet they were impressed to leave them. And lo and behold, later, elevators were invented!

I've had some bad guides at temple square, some really overbearing people who make you feel like you're being escorted by prison guard and who tell historical whoppers with great sincerity. On the other hand I've also run into some decent people who give you a bit of space and answer questions to the best of their ability. The two times I've been in The Great and Spacious Building I had guides exemplary of both sides.

I think Temple Square used to be a more interesting place when the old museum was still there. The mummies were an important part of my childhood.

[_karl61]

I also heard a temple tour guide say that when the tabernacle was built, way before electricity, that they were inspired to put conduits into the architecture that was later used to wire the whole thing up.

Any truth to this?

I wonder if they left space for fiber optic cables or what ever they will use a hundred years from now.

[_The Nehor]

When will people learn???

UTAH IS TO BE AVOIDED.

This has always humored me.

The Utah Mormons think that they are the chosen of god's chosen.

The non Utah Mormons think the same about themselves.

Get this, you all are morons.

Pot, meet kettle.