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  1. I think this is an excellent idea. I’m glad you’ll be watching the comments (and editing them if necessary). Free discussion is good, but within limits.

  2. I agree with Muslihoon. Great idea, I commend you for being willing to check this site about 100 times a day to watch the comments.

    Here’s why I think opening up the comments is such a great idea – too often we shy away from in depth spiritual and inspirational discussion of the temple because we are so concerned with breaking those covenants that we commit to in the temple. While there is no shame in not going far enough compared to going too far, sometimes I think that we miss out on some of the great opportunities to learn from each other, which (I view) is a great benefit of the church.

    Bravo to you…I’m excited to see what you have coming.

    PS – If you could get an interview with Alonzo Gaskill, who authored “Symbolism” and “The Savior and the Serpant,” I would be most interested to see what becomes of it! He’s in my in-laws home ward, and is a fantastic wealth of knowledge when it comes to symbolism and the temple!

  3. Reed Russell

    Gaskill is a gas (pun intended) – I met him a few months ago
    at the First Annual Restoration Studies Symposium.

    His presentation was “Does Beelzebub Have a Body?
    The Corporeal Nature of Satan in Early Mormon Experience
    and Thought” –

    Very engaging, energetic guy – we had a nice chat afterwards.

    An interview would be a great idea – I’m sure he’d be open to it.

  4. Emily

    I don’t think comment moderation prevents others from visiting the site or commenting. As long as your moderation is quick, why would it prevent someone from commenting? Those that will care are those that probably want to post something you don’t want others to read…at least that is what I would venture to guess. MY concern is that opening up the comments will let someone expose sacred things to those who have not been authorized or given permission to know what goes on in the temple.

  5. Emily

    P.S. “The Lost Language of Symbolism” is an AWESOME book…very much related to what you are studying and posting here.

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