Mormon Temple To Open In Philly

Get out your seer stones, call Andy Reid, put on your skinny black ties: A LDS temple is coming to Philadelphia! The Inquirer gets the details: “‘All of those details have not been announced,’ said Kim Farah, spokeswoman for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City. ‘We are not releasing any information.’”

Apparently, the Mormons announce temples every once in a while at a big ceremony, then don’t let you know anything about them ’til one day — wham! — there’s a new temple. But the Inky says they’re usually built in 3 to 5 years once they’re announced. The temple will be the first in the state.

Mormonism — by far the greatest accomplishment of the Second Great Awakening — used to be the go-to religion for cheap jokes until L. Ron Hubbard and his team of high-priced fancy lawyers put Scientology tops in that category. Other than that, all I know is they apparently build temples very mysteriously.

Mormons plan temple for Philadelphia [Inquirer]