Talk:Temple
From Academic Kids
"a Jewish temple is called a synagogue"
That's a highly offensive statement to the Orthodox and Conservative Jewish; it is written only from the Reform Jewish POV. To the Orthodox, the Temple was ONLY the Temple in Jerusalem. Synagogues are places of worship and learning the Torah, but are not comparable to and do not replace "the" Temple. If I understand correctly, only the Reform Jewish (and possibly some of the very small branches of Judaism, like Reconstructionist Judaism) would refer to a synagogue as a Temple.
"a Christian temple is called a church or cathedral"
That offends me (Christian, member of the Church of Christ) for a similar reason. We do not believe there is anything holy about our church building, and that it should not be called a temple. Most branches of Christianity do not usually equate their church buildings with temples, although a number do.
