2006-11-15 05:54:49 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The famed Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Brigham Young University Choir perform there during the General Conferences held in April and October. There is nothing mysterious about it except for the excellence of the massive organ and the pipes in gold cast at the front of the immense room.
The acoustics are so refined that a pin can be heard dropped from the front and heard at the back. The tabernacle had just gone through a reconstruction that reinforces the structure.
The tabernacle is not the temple and vice-versa.
2006-11-15 06:05:12 · answer #1 · answered by Guitarpicker 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It's probably the temples, rather than the tabernacle, that you are curious about.
The main thing they do is "Baptism for the dead" whereby people who have died without accepting the Mormon "gospel" are baptized by proxy (another person is dunked for them) so that they can accept the "gospel" in the spirit world. Pretty weird, you can understand why they don't let the public in.
Mormons often cite 1 Corinthians 15:29-30 to defend this bizarre practice but they do not read the passage carefully and note the change in pronouns:
"Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? Why are they then baptized for the dead? And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?"
Notice that Paul speaks of "they" that are baptized for the dead (referring to a group of pagans outside of the church) and then changes to "we" (referring back to Christians).
One good thing about this morbid practice is that it drives Mormons to do extensive geneological research (they want to make sure all of their dead relatives get "baptized") and they allow non-Mormons to use their geneological libraries.
They also perform endowment ceremonies and weddings which they believe "seal them for eternity" (in contradiction to Matthew 22:30).
Don't bother trying to visit one of these temples, however. You must be "worthy" to gain admittance. Funny that becoming "worthy" involves giving lots of money to the LDS.
2006-11-15 06:40:37 · answer #2 · answered by 5solas 3 · 0⤊ 5⤋
Concerts. It's open to the public. It's the temple which is mysterious, however, a web search can lead you to transcripts of the temple ceremonies.
2006-11-15 05:58:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋