Comments about ‘A testimony and a Mormon temple built on building blocks’

Just cool. The Lego lovers in our family are inspired to do a greatly simplified version of their own. They are way impressed with this builder's skill. Congratulations to him.

Nice. He could get a job as a Master Builder just down the street in Carlsbad at Legoland, however they pay way far less than he will earn as an attorney.

LEGOS, inc., love to see Temple sets for kids of all ages to build.

Wonderful work, that we could all be that enthusiastic to fulfill assignements and magnify them the way he did.

Thanks for sharing!

Did they get a building permit and have input from those in the neighborhood?

I believe the spire is much too tall.

Incredibly creative, and exact. Love the way he built it with Legos. The statue of Moroni is even authentic looking. Thank you for sharing your talent. A labor of love.

I had several reactions to this. Stand Up and Cheer is was what I decided to follow. The work is outstanding the skill is byound belief.

I have been a Lego Fan from the day they came out. Block City, Tinker Toy, and Lincoln Logs, I did jig saw puzzles and used puzzle glue to make them into pictures.

I still do Jig Saw Puzles only on the Net. I got into it and in a couple of years over it when I went to Match 3 Games. However my wife is still an addict to itand does the Puzzle of the day every day. Ben Franklin is one of my favorite stores. My best puzzle ever was a 500 piece called Black.

This is a great Master Craftsman, fab, fab work. I've had Steve Jobs as a background from his death except one day Linda Lingle when she announced for U.S. Senate. Then back to Steve Jobs.

Now I have this Lego Temple as a background. I chose the one with him in it, but might change it to the one with just the Temple. It is that good.

Talented People in our Church have we.

This is the Best Story i've seen in here all week. Great Job. Great Artist. Wish him the best. He is a good daddy.

When we had our Hardly and Customer Furniture Store, in the Early 90's. I love working the Bad Saw si idid small wood toys and creaft for quick resale. Among the Items where, 1 by 1's cut into blocks and wood burned into Domino Sets for kids and low vision people. 12 or 13 inch Coffins for 11 inch Dolls. I just love Ban Franklin Stores.Plus custom larger Doll furniture that I still have the Templates for. I can't lift the Tables and Benches anymore but I can do the Doll stuff and I have been thinking about, and thinking about it for 9 years now but time and the mood passes and anotherChristmas goes by, and my Templates remain in the store room. Again this year and again this also shall pass.

Great Work on this guys part. The Bones sold well by the way Wood Burn the Numbers fairly deep. Anything over double 6 is to small. The kids use them for blocks and the Low Vision People Play Bones.

Awesome!

Now I'm nagging my boys to start making us an amazing temple. "Tear down that Hogwarts castle, sons, and make something truly inspiring!"

I have a friend in Springville that already has a scale lego model of the Salt Lake Temple sitting in his living room. He doesn't consider it done yet because he is sowing tiny curtains for each of the windows and putting in interior lights so it will shine.

This was displayed in my ward. The kids (and adults) went crazy for it. One of my sons favorite parts was that C3P0 as the Angel Moroni. It was a fabulous and memorable day in primary.

Holy Moly. Is this article & these comments real? I'm a non-mormon living in UT. I believe in "live & let live" in my relationships w/ my mormon friends. However- I've got issues with all the REAL McTemples popping up & now they're building Lego temples. Correct me if I'm wrong; you have JESUS CHRIST in the name of your religion-right? Didn't Jesus have a lot to say about men building temples? Now Lego model temples? Can you really justify the time, money, energy & efforts spent in temple building vs. really living in the way of Christ?

Just wondering what will become of this masterpiece in the future?

So, this is the story of a guy who is asked to do something and went beyond imagination. What a remarkable young man! He will be a succesful man, husband and father!

Cool!

I guess I'm trying to figure out where the testimony building experience is here. He likes to build stuff out of legos, good for him. What does that have to do with the gospel of Jesus Christ?

Re: krissy | 6:17 p.m. Oct. 23, 2011
"What does that have to do with the gospel of Jesus Christ?"

If you read the story you will notice that this was done for primary children. Teaching them about temples has EVERYTHING to do with the gospel of Jesus Christ.

mecr: "What a remarkable young man! He will be a succesful man, husband and father!"

I am pretty sure that building a model temple out of childrens toys does not equal being a "remarkable young man" and certainly doesn't lead to bein a "successful man, husband, and father!"

It is neat, but that is as far as it goes. It is not remarkable, not genius, nor is it testimony building. It is legos for crying out loud!

Re: Rifleman

I did read the story and I am well aware it was done for Primary children. What I still do not understand is how spending the entire summer putting together a lego temple is going to teach a child anything of value about Christ.

Willing to bet that just as much attention, time (and money) would have been spent if he was asked to build Hogwarts for JK Rowling, or a model of the white house for the President. This is his HOBBY. He is talented and I admire the imagination and skill, but I just don't feel that seeing a lego temple (with a CP30 Moroni)is going to cause a kid to gain a testimony.

Sorry, but my opinion still stands that this is a stretch to call this a testimony building activity.

"The wise man built his house...out of LEGO! The foolish man built his house...out of MEGA BLOCK!"

:)