Episode 128: Ft Collins Temple

My Book of Mormon

Marie Kent

Other, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 623 Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2016

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

On September 10, 2016 I visited the Ft Collins Temple with my friend Chad. This is our audio diary.

Official Ft Collins Temple photographs are here - https://www.lds.org/church/news/see-inside-new-fort-collins-colorado-temple-opening-for-tours-august-19?lang=eng

To read more about the process used to build a Mormon temple, read this article - http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/mormon-temple-building-process

The George W. Bush presidential library is in Dallas, TX. Much like touring a Mormon temple, pre-game before you enter. https://www.georgewbushlibrary.smu.edu/

Napoleon's Sarcophagus is at Les Invalides in Paris. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Invalides

New Belgium Brewing are the makers of Fat Tire Beer. http://www.newbelgium.com/Brewery

Casa Bonita is a Mexican restaurant in Denver. www.CasaBonitaDenver.com

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Transcript

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0:00.0	What shall we give to the boy in the temple?
0:17.0	What shall we offer the land by the sea?
0:23.6	Homs at his feet and for sons of rise,
0:30.6	eyes for him will...
0:32.6	Hi everyone.
0:33.6	Today's episode is a break from the non-stop action of the Doctrines and Covenants.
0:38.7	Instead, you get my audio diary of my trip to Fort Collins in mid-September 2016 to check
0:44.4	out the new Fort Collins Temple. A few months ago, Randy, a wonderful listener, heard me bemoaning
0:50.3	how I could never go into a Mormon temple, what with my complete lack of ever being a
0:54.3	Mormon, and he kindly let me know that the public can tour temples after their construction
0:59.3	and before their dedication. A quick Google search later, and bam, I'd convinced my friend Chad to
1:05.0	fly out to Fort Collins with me. Naturally, I recorded the whole tour. You should know a couple of things
1:10.6	right up front.
1:11.6	First, yes, it is perfectly legal for me to record my experience inside the temple.
1:16.5	As you'll hear, the tour guides only asked for everyone to refrain from taking videos and pictures.
1:21.4	They directed us to the website where they have professional videos and pictures.
1:24.3	Check out the show notes. I've linked it all there.
1:27.0	Also, Colorado is a one-person
1:29.1	consent state, which means you can record someone's voice without their permission, which
1:33.1	sounds kind of like a gray area ethically, in my opinion anyway. So yes, I recorded, but no,
1:39.3	I didn't ask like gotcha questions or try to get anyone to say anything incriminating. That would
1:43.7	just be rude.
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