Comments about ‘Salt Lake Temple not facing extended closing’

Just because there are no current plans to extensively remodel the Salt Lake temple does not necessarily mean that there were no such plans in the past, and does not guarantee that there will be no such plans in the future.

Zadruga: While that is a true statement, what was your purpose in making it? Just curious.

I expect to see the Salt Lake temple to close about 1000 years after the Millenium begins.

I thought my point was obvious, which is that the press release actually said very little. It certainly does not refute the Internet rumors.

To say that a rumor HAS no factual foundation is speaking merely in the present tense. What would have been more helpful would have been a discussion in the press release about the various studies that the Church has commissioned in the past looking into remodeling the temple. Certain details about such studies are public knowledge.

For example, one study looked at whether the temple needed retrofitting to withstand earthquakes. The study found that the temple will withstand an earthquake of the maximum severity anticipated as being likely with damage that is repairable, and thus no closure to retrofit the temple was needed. This was the same study that found that the tabernacle (as it was then) would suffer severe damanage in that earthquake and loss of life would likely result if the building was occupied at the time. So that study resulted in the closure of the Tabernacle for remodeling. My point is that the temple would also have been closed for remodeling had that study indicated that such an action was needed.