Posted on 10/22/2014 6:52:54 AM PDT by C19fan
The Mormon church is addressing the mystery that has long surrounded undergarments worn by its faithful with a new video explaining the practice in-depth while admonishing ridicule from outsiders about what it considers a symbol of Latter-day Saints' devotion to God.
The four-minute video on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' website compares the white, two-piece cotton "temple garments" to holy vestments worn in other religious faiths such as a Catholic nun's habit or a Muslim skullcap.
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It seems that one of the things the pagans liked to do in order to cement their allegiance to a god was to stand in line that proceeded up to the god and when they (men and women) would get in front of it they would lift up their clothing to reveal their naked private parts.
A concerned rabbi came up with the idea of the loin cloth to discourage the Jews from participating in the pagan practice.
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Yet another rewrite of their history.
Proven con-man has followers in more than one way.
But they don’t wear them under their clothing like Mormons do. They say that underwear is supposed to protect them from harm. Even when they shower one foot is always touching the undergarment.
You mean there really is such a thing?
I thought the Mormon magic underwear was an old wives tale.
Maybe they were gold plated on the outside with aluminum on the inside. Kind of like the sandwich coins only these would be sandwich plates.
Aha! I always wondered what goes on at the Hollywood Obama fundraisers.
“.....underwear is supposed to protect them from harm. Even when they shower one foot is always touching the undergarment.”
Holy Cr@P!
Well at least they wear underwear. :-)
I lived with a Mormon family for a while.
When I was in Army flight school in 1970, the mishies came to my BOQ room & while attempting to confiscate my beer & cigarettes, they tried to persuade me that Mormon garmies would protect me in a crash & burn even better than our fire resistant flight suits.
Since that meant that a postcrash fire would leave me as an intact headless torso, I said “no thanks”.
Look into this: a majority of ex-Mormons shed their belief in God along with their garmies, & become atheists. Strange?
...one foot touching the undergarment”????? Please don’t pollute this fine site with your anti-mormon garbage. That is completely FALSE..100%... I’m a Mormon and I know.
Agreed. Silly superstitions of any faith should get the same respect. None.
Talk to the poster at post #8.
Your FReeper name is impressive, I must admit.
I'm married to a Mormon who wears the garments, they're underwear period. The underwear is rather plain and if it weren't for the little symbols sewn onto them you could buy them at any store that sells undergarments. They have sacred symbols on them to remind them of the promises they made to God. They are a protection to them in the same way that people who are true to their faith are protected by God. Only cynical, Non-Mormons call them “Magic Underwear”.
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