I had to laugh at the picture of the Draper temple, with the Remax sign appearing to be posted in front of it. Not even open, and already for sale! I think it would have been ok to photoshop the sign out of the picture...

Wouldn't it be more surprising to see more new temples on the poor West side of the Valley?

(Point to consider; there is only one new temple west of Redwood Road, and 3 on the East side of the valley...)

You know, west of State Street IS the West Side, I find it convenient that you pick Redwood Rd to make a point. The Salt Lake Temple is technically ON the West Side. Seems like you're trying to make a mountain out of a molehill. Heavens, there are MANY MORE of us in the Church who don't have the blessing of so many temples in a very close proximity, let alone one! Try 3 hours (and for still many, more than that) each way to the temple! Count your blessings and not look for a negative. Sheesh

When the Oquirhh Mtn and Draper temples are finished won't there be two on the east side and two on the west side of Redwood Rd? Plus there is the rumor of one in the southWEST part of the valley - someday. And there are a lot more people living on the east side of Redwood Rd.

for healthcare reform and helping the economy. People should need buidings to feel good about themselves or to be closer to God. This is accomplished by Loving One Another and by helping others and ourselves.

You are counting the Jordan Temple as being on the east side?

Main Street is the numeric dividing line between east and west and the Jordan River is the geographic dividing line. The Jordan River Temple is west of both Main Street and the River. Using Redwood Road as the dividing line seems to be a stretch so that you can play victim (poor west side?)

Maybe Salt Lake should complain that South Jordan has two temples and they only have one.

Or maybe everyone should just be happy that there are 4 in the valley.

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

If you want a temple in your neighborhood, start using the one you have in your district. I'll start shedding tears for the east-west argument when the Church builds a temple here in Shreveport, Louisiana. Shoot, they'll probably build one in Rome before they build one here. Oh--wait...

I currently live in an area where a temple is about an hours drive away. Before this temple was built we had to drive 12 hours to Washington DC. My parent were sealed in the Logan Temple because it was the closest temple to them- a 4 day drive. There is no need to argue east- west, north -south. Be thankful that we have temples in our midst. I truly find these debates pitiful and immature. Be thankful you can drive 10 minutes in any direction and hit a temple.

We can see: The Jordan River, the Draper and the Oquirrh Mountain Temples at the same time. 5th West and 100th South.

So you think the Church's tithing money "would be better used for healthcare reform and helping the economy." It seems to me that the government should worry about those things, and the Church should worry about spiritual wellbeing.

Then you suggest that we shouldn't need buildings for our worship. The Old Testament begs to differ. The Lord required the finest building the ancient Israelites could offer as the Temple. As far as criticizing a religion for opulent buildings, the LDS Church is not an easy target. Our places of worship are clean and well-maintained, but spartan. Even the temples tend to avoid anything distracting or opulent in their architecture.

Finally, you say we should love and serve one another. I'm glad we agree on that.