That was precisely the fundamental purpose sought in their construction: that they should, in some way, be 'intermediaries' with the Divinity. And I believe this is applicable to all temples of great cultures and civilizations, regardless of our faith. From this perspective, the temple was more than just a meeting place.
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Exactly. They built them as intermediaries, yes, but also as tuned instruments that shaped attention and emotion through reverberant stone, timed light, and ritual rhythm < so the space itself did the work. Across cultures, that aim toward the diVInity shows the same gerat design instinct in different guises, more than a meeting hall ever could. Kinda feels like they were early cognitive engineers, right?
Indeed, one could perfectly well reach that conclusion.