re mormon temples jwindley cheap cs utah edu jay windley writes material deleted some object to the idea that christianity should involve secrets of any kind mormon scholars have provided historical evidence of early christian practices which parallel mormon temple ceremonies obviously one can choose whether or not to subscribe to such a historical interpretation but mormon practice is not without precedent in christianity deletions i don t necessarily object to the secrecy but i do question it since i see no biblical reason why any aspect of christian worship should involve secrecy but i am interested in your claim that early christian practices parallel mormon temple ceremonies could you give an example also why do they only parallel mormon ceremonies why don t mormon ceremonies restore the original christian practices wasn t that the whole point of joseph smith s stated mission mark
