Maybe someone has suggested this on another post, but it seems like everyone is assuming the Temple is something from before Dharma. Maybe the Temple is the name of another Dharma station and the writers are trying to throw us off by showing us a four toed foot and stone pillar with Lockes dad tied to it. So instead of Richard taking the others to some creepy pre historic ruin, they really went to big hatch with all the comforts of Otherville.