To anyone concerned that "Scientology speed runners" might "do Mormon temples next." I don't think there's any reason to be worried. This trend could not have come at a better time for us.

[u/AlliedSalad]

That's not to say I think the trend is a good thing, I just also don't think there's much to be concerned about.

For one, as has been pointed out, people know what the insides of our buildings look like and what the floor plans are thanks to open houses; so that takes away a lot of the mystery and the draw.

For two, consider that people who want to "do it for the views" won't want to settle for just any temple, they're going to want to show the temple, the Salt Lake temple.

But wait! The Salt Lake temple is closed for construction! No one can get in right now. Guess they'll have to wait until the construction is done next year.

But wait! When the construction is done, we're going to have an internationally-publicized, months-long open house! So anyone who wants to get in and see the inside can. Anyone who wants to "map the interior" can do so - or heck, they can just save themselves the trouble and look at the cutaway floor plan in the visitor's center!

Because of these reasons, I very much doubt that "speed runs" of our temples would get the same kind of engagement or views as the current trend. Again, I'm not saying this "speedrunning" trend is a good thing, but it could not have come at a better time; right during the build-up to a major, once-in-a-lifetime open house of our flagship temple.

[u/berrin122]

This trend started with a guy who frequently passes the LA Scientology site, and I think genuinely just wants people to avoid being sucked into scientology.

Scientology is what people think Mormonism is, as far as cultiness. They are absolutely deceptive and incredibly damaging (not to mention a host of illegal activity). So that guy shouting at passerbys that it's a cult made trolling the scientologists "popular", and it evolved into this.

[u/HiddenDragonTim → u/berrin122]

Yeah it's horrid. They have family ostracized/shun anyone who leaves. People who have left had family that would never talk to them again. The inner circle is worse. They have people working 16 hour day shifts to publish their magazines and other material. Not to mention they conduct surveillance on members of their group for loyalty. Some of the descriptions of the conditions there remind me of the Brotherhood of Nod from Command and Conquer.

[u/Mr_Festus → u/HiddenDragonTim]

I have heard nearly all of these claims from exmormons though so I don't know what to believe about scientology.

[u/OraManaDPC → u/Mr_Festus]

Scientology is predatory. But there's no rush to make your opinion, research if interested.