Sl Temple Angel Moroni Lost His Trumpet

[Robert F. Smith]

5 hours ago, The Nehor said:

Clearly Moroni dropping his trumpet is the first sign of the end of proclaiming the gospel as we endure the tribulations of the Last Days so missionaries will soon be called home. According to my prophecy calculations we have 8.3785 years left until the end plus or minus 1.2343 years.

Should Scott start the clock?

[Robert F. Smith]

3 hours ago, mfbukowski said:

Now would be a great time for temple renovations anyway considering many are closed.

All in California are closed until further notice.

We must be getting ready for the Millennium.  They'll all be open then.

[Calm]

21 minutes ago, mrmarklin said:

Is it a sign?  If so, of what?

That they should have started renovations a year earlier?

[The Nehor]

4 minutes ago, Robert F. Smith said:

Should Scott start the clock?

Sure, why not? I will even promise to admit publicly that my random wild guess was wrong it it turns out to be wrong.

[Bernard Gui]

In the interest of making the message a little softer and more inviting, I submit a new model for the temples designed by my son Artisticosso....no more militant trumpets....instead........violins.

[Calm]

15 minutes ago, Bernard Gui said:

In the interest of making the message a little softer and more inviting, I submit a new model for the temples designed by my son Artisticosso....no more militant trumpets....instead........violins.

More persuasive mood....

[pogi]

24 minutes ago, Bernard Gui said:

In the interest of making the message a little softer and more inviting, I submit a new model for the temples designed by my son Artisticosso....no more militant trumpets....instead........violins.

I like it. 

I would like it even more if he was picking a banjo!

 

 

Edited March 19, 2020 by pogi

[Tacenda]

FOR SALE: Gently used trumpet. Found downtown, has a couple of dings but still sounds great. Appears to be of vintage era. Best offer, trades considered. #coronaquake2020

Edited March 19, 2020 by Tacenda

[bsjkki]

1 hour ago, Bernard Gui said:

In the interest of making the message a little softer and more inviting, I submit a new model for the temples designed by my son Artisticosso....no more militant trumpets....instead........violins.

That is wonderful...can I share it with my violin playing family members?

[Bernard Gui]

1 hour ago, bsjkki said:

That is wonderful...can I share it with my violin playing family members?

You bet! 

[Bernard Gui]

1 hour ago, pogi said:

I like it. 

I would like it even more if he was picking a banjo!

[strappinglad]

2 hours ago, pogi said:

I would like it even more if he was picking a banjo!

Might I suggest bagpipes ? The best of both, a wind instrument plus the screech of a badly played fiddle. Love 'em or hate 'em they definitely would get attention. 

[Bernard Gui]

2 hours ago, strappinglad said:

Might I suggest bagpipes ? The best of both, a wind instrument plus the screech of a badly played fiddle. Love 'em or hate 'em they definitely would get attention. 

Well, at least you didn’t suggest the accordion. 
 

“I understand that the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, astatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the man-made sound never equaled the purity of sound achieved by the pig.”

― Alfred Hitchcock

Edited March 19, 2020 by Bernard Gui

[Scott Lloyd]

I wonder if this might be an opportune time to change out the Moroni statue atop the Salt Lake Temple. Let's be honest: The Cyrus Dallin statue belongs to an earlier age and does not really fit our mental image today of Moroni's likeness. It looks a bit -- shall we say -- anemic, even a bit generic. Hardly surprising, since Dallin was not a member of The Church of Jesus Christs of Latter-day Saints. His parents had left the Church before their marriage, and Cyrus himself converted to Unitarianism.

Compare Dallin's statue:

With this more modern depiction atop the Brigham City Utah Temple;

What say ye? Is it time for a retrofit?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 19, 2020 by Scott Lloyd

[sunstoned]

16 hours ago, The Nehor said:

Clearly Moroni dropping his trumpet is the first sign of the end of proclaiming the gospel as we endure the tribulations of the Last Days so missionaries will soon be called home. According to my prophecy calculations we have 8.3785 years left until the end plus or minus 1.2343 years.

I think they call it the ultimate mike drop prophecy.

[Stargazer]

13 hours ago, Scott Lloyd said:

Ours is still open for living ordinances. 

So's ours. This may be true for all temples.

[JAHS]

17 hours ago, The Nehor said:

Clearly Moroni dropping his trumpet is the first sign of the end of proclaiming the gospel as we endure the tribulations of the Last Days so missionaries will soon be called home. According to my prophecy calculations we have 8.3785 years left until the end plus or minus 1.2343 years.

"That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Beth-el: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground." (Amos 3:14)

[Dan McClellan]

23 minutes ago, JAHS said:

"That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Beth-el: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground." (Amos 3:14)

Uh, that's horns as in the horns of an animal, not a musical instrument. Altars had horns at their corners because they symbolized divine power and fecundity, as in this reconstruction of the Beer Sheba altar.

[JAHS]

23 minutes ago, Dan McClellan said:

Uh, that's horns as in the horns of an animal, not a musical instrument. Altars had horns at their corners because they symbolized divine power and fecundity, as in this reconstruction of the Beer Sheba altar.

Yeah, I know I was trying to be funny.  I forgot the smiley face. 😉

[Senator]

12 hours ago, Bernard Gui said:

In the interest of making the message a little softer and more inviting, I submit a new model for the temples designed by my son Artisticosso....no more militant trumpets....instead........violins.

 

A Fiddler on the Roof

I like it!

 

[Dan McClellan]

4 minutes ago, JAHS said:

Yeah, I know I was trying to be funny.  I forgot the smiley face. 😉

Ah, ok. I've seen that shared elsewhere in a non-facetious manner. 

[Calm]

23 minutes ago, Dan McClellan said:

Ah, ok. I've seen that shared elsewhere in a non-facetious manner. 

That probably feels a bit like nails on a chalkboard...

[mgy401]

As I understand it, beneath Moroni’s feet in the central tower there is an elaborate pendulum/counterweight system that’s designed to allow the statue to sway without breaking during high winds/seismic events.

I suppose a review of that system’s efficacy is being added to the renovation to-do list . . .

[The Nehor]

35 minutes ago, Dan McClellan said:

Ah, ok. I've seen that shared elsewhere in a non-facetious manner. 

Poe's Law strikes again.

[JAHS]

32 minutes ago, Dan McClellan said:

Ah, ok. I've seen that shared elsewhere in a non-facetious manner. 

Actually I did too and that's what made me think of it. I told him it's no fulfillment of any prophecy, just an earthquake hit and knocked it out of his hand.
It reminded me of when the Teton dam broke in Idaho and washed away many houses and caused much hardship for the residents there. When President Spencer W. Kimball came he was asked the question, "Why did this flood happen to us?" They were no doubt expecting some great prophetic God involved reason for it. His response was. "Because the dam broke."