What are the temples all about?
The Mormon temples are usually large, ornate buildings where many of the rituals of Mormonism take place, including “temple marriages” and baptisms of the dead. Temple work is seen as necessary for exaltation. Temples are not gathering places for meetings and worship; they are specifically for rituals, and only Mormons who have been deemed worthy may enter the temples. Temples differ from meeting houses (or stakehouses), which function as gathering places for worship services. Temple rituals are not performed there, and meeting houses are open to all Mormons, and visitors as well.
