First Presidency announces groundbreaking date for Phnom Penh Cambodia Temple

An exterior rendering of the Phnom Penh Cambodia Temple Credit: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
18 Aug 2021

The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced a Sept. 18 groundbreaking date for the the Phnom Penh Cambodia Temple.
Cambodia Phnom Penh Mission President Veasna Kuonno Neang will preside at the event, with attendance at the site being by invitation only because of current local COVID-19 guidelines.

Location of the Phnom Penh Cambodia Temple Credit: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The groundbreaking announcement was made at 6 a.m. local time in Cambodia on Thursday, Aug. 19 — 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 18, at Church headquarters in Salt Lake City.

The Phnom Penh Cambodia Temple will be the Church’s first in the Southeast Asia country.

The single-story temple of approximately 10,000 square feet will be built on a 3.16-acre site located on Russian Confederation Street, between the Cambodia Institute of Technology and the Institute of Foreign Languages near the Royal University of Phnom Penh. An ancillary building will also be constructed on the site.
https://www.thechurchnews.com/temples/2 ... ple-222690

I have often wondered why they have the second m in the word mormon ?

"Mormons on holiday"

I had 2 mormons knock on my door last week. I was so bored I invited them in for tea, I sat them down and said " ok explain your faith to me" one of them stared at me with a look of confusion and said " i am fucked if can remember it's been years since anybody has asked me" booom boom

Goody! I hope I can hear them at 4am from my place.

tightenupvolume1 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 19, 2021 11:39 pm I have often wondered why they have the second m in the word mormon ?

Glad you asked... It dates back to the 1800s and their penchant for polygamy. They tried Mormonespouses - more of my wives (Moronwives was a motion proposed by Elijah Moron but was never seconded. Elijah, and his brothers, Beckett, Eliza, Biscuit, Galilee and Galileo, were expelled, along with their 47 wives. An extra 'm' was added, immediately) - but that didn't roll off the tongue and they thought they might be nicknamed Mice. They tried adding more 'm's but that looked like they were thinking lustfully about having many partners, so they settled on Mormon and introduced Mormonism. To justify their harems, they declared divorce "evil", later to be adjusted to a "necessary evil", following an adulteress incident. The word adulterer means the same as adulteress. They currently go door to door to check how you and the good lady are getting along.

John Bingham wrote: ↑Fri Aug 20, 2021 1:19 am I'm not a fan of the cult but that's a very prestigious site and the building looks impressive. It looks more like a Mosque or Pagoda than a Church.

I figure it's the mormons adapting to the local country's cultural sensitivities

Sort of like what the Golden Arches did in Thailand with introducing weird additions to the local menu..

John Bingham wrote: ↑Fri Aug 20, 2021 1:19 am I'm not a fan of the cult but that's a very prestigious site and the building looks impressive. It looks more like a Mosque or Pagoda than a Church.

It's Mormon temple style.






They even have Extra-large on option.

How many Mormons are there in Cambodia? I mean, I know theirs is a proselytizing faith, but this seems super optimistic in terms of potential congregation numbers. Who is this really for?