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”.
Sorry for what your interpretation is but I lived with a Mormon family for a while. Their home was a magnet home for Elders to come once a week for a home cooked meal and have their laundry done so I know what I’m talking about. As for those symbols ...
I disagree with your comment. Mormon belief is NOT the same as "people who are true to their faith are protected by God." Many times I personally heard many claims from the mormon pulpit that the garment saved someone from harm. In particular, one bishop claimed that having caught his hand in farm machinery, his arm was drawn into it "and it stopped when reaching the edge of the garment", totally ignoring the fact that his arm couldn't have been drawn in any further in any case as the underarm would have gotten in the way.
As to the claim that one must keep a portion of the body touching the garment at all times, I also personally knew older mormons who told of keeping one arm in the garment while bathing, then switching to the other arm so that the "protection" was always there.
Mormons may not use the term "magic underwear", but the wearing of temple garments is still considered to be a token of their superiority over "gentiles".
From the secret mormon temple endowment ceremony, the following is regarding "the garment":
The LDS Endowment-The initiatory
THE GARMENT
[An officiator clothes the initiate in the garment. The officiator then pronounces the following words.]
Brother _________, having authority, I place this garment upon you [for and in behalf of _________, who is dead], which you must wear throughout your life. It represents the garment given to Adam when he was found naked in the garden of Eden and is called the garment of the holy priesthood.
Inasmuch as you do not defile it, but are true and faithful to your covenants, it will be a shield and a protection to you against the power of the destroyer until you have finished your work on the earth.
This is NOT "They are a protection to them in the same way that people who are true to their faith are protected by God." This seems to be just another attempt to claim mormonism as "another Christian religion."
BTW, the garments may not be "purchased at any store that sells undergarments." They may be purchased only by "worthy" mormons who must present proof at certain church approved outlets.
” They are a protection to them in the same way that people who are true to their faith are protected by God.”
No, they are the antithesis of faith. They are PAGAN, false religion.
A bullet-proof vest would be protection...
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Isn't some 'special' identification needed to purchase them?
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Isn't some 'special' indentification needed to purchase them?
HMMMmmm....I've heard 'stories' from Mormons about how their GARMENTS could really, REALLY protect them.
Eleven years ago this month, the Lds Church published in its Ensign magazine an article by Elder David E. Sorensen which included this comment from Sorensen, representing the official Mormon church:
"...The garment, … when properly worn, will serve as a protection against temptation and evil."
And, uncanningly, four years ago YESTERDAY, I asked the following question on a FR thread about Mormon underwear: