should stop practicing fortune telling and wait in the Lord Tennessee Nana a prophet your NOT!
Posted on 11/30/2011 5:18:31 AM PST by Saundra Duffy
Known to some is the fact that members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (or Mormon Church) wear a special kind of underwear in connection with their religion. This is true of most faithful adult members of the Church. (Mormon children are generally dressed the same as any other children.) The special underwear is called a "garment" by Mormons, and it is directly related to Mormon temples.
Garments are a symbolic gesture of the promises that Mormons have made to God. The garment is always worn under other clothing, next to the skin. In fact, for most people who wear it, the garment takes the place of regular underwear. Mormons begin wearing it during their first visit to the temple, wherein they receive individual instruction on how the garment should be worn and cared for, and furthermore, they undergo a sacred ceremony called the temple endowment. Solely during this ritual, additional special clothing is put on; by contrast, the garment or special underwear is worn at all times, both day and night, from then on. It serves as a constant reminder of the covenants made during the temple endowment.
Mormons believe in being "in the world, but not of it," and the garment helps in privately yet consistently setting temple-going Mormons apart from the world. A particularly sharp contrast is felt in today's society, where morals and modesty have deteriorated to a most horrific degree. Many moviemakers and clothing manufacturers, for example, design their respective products to reveal so much of the human body that virtually nothing is left to the imagination. Mormons, on the other hand, are encouraged through the modest length and cut of their temple-got garments to always dress appropriately. Devout Mormons further understand that in only a very few instances might the garment be removed, such as for swimming, using the bathroom, or being intimate in marriage. The reasons for keeping the garment on far outweigh the reasons for taking it off.
The special Mormon underwear consists of a top and bottom piece, and it is made from a variety of lightweight fabrics. There are some special colored temple garments that can be worn by members of the armed services, but for the vast majority of Mormons, garments are always white. This symbolizes physical and spiritual purity. It fosters a mindset of continual obedience to the Lord, which is crucial in keeping the covenants entered into in the temple. Through such obedience, a person can find physical and spiritual protection. The Lord God is enabled to grant promised blessings, fulfilling His side of the temple covenants. Thus, the garment is sacred to the wearer not for what it is, but for what it represents. The garment helps the wearer to focus his or her life on Jesus Christ and to thereby lay claim to the blessings promised to those who do so.
Mormons are not unique in the wearing of special clothing for religious purposes. Perhaps the most well-known example is the yarmulke, which is worn at special times by many Jewish men or at all times by devout orthodox Jews. Similarly, in some religions a minister or priest might wear a special collar that has religious significance, or nuns may wear special clothing that signifies the religious order to which they belong. In all cases the special clothing reflects the religious conviction of the wearer.
There is a historical precedent for wearing religious clothing. Mormons emphasize the fact that Adam and Eve wore clothing that was made for them by God before they left the Garden of Eden. Genesis 3:21 states that "unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them." Mormons believe that such clothing was provided as part of the religious instruction given to Adam and Eve by God. This is the same context in which Mormons receive the garment: as part of the religious instruction contained within the temple endowment.
Other religious figures throughout history have also worn special clothing as they performed their religious duties. For instance, Moses was commanded by the Lord (as recorded in Exodus 28:1-3) to place holy garments and priestly vestments upon Aaron and others in preparation for officiating in the tabernacle.
There is no professional clergy in the Mormon Church, so in some ways the garment serves as a symbol of the lay clergy, where both men and women share in the responsibilities and blessings of the priesthood, particularly in the temple.
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What's amusing (sad actually) is that you still appaarantly don't know what the Admin Mod was saying to the poster of this thread.
Are you sure you don't want to explain the Hebrew Underwear thingie again? LOL
....the LDS learn when the Caucus thread was violated... from that day forward we knew the welcome sign was removed for the LDS faith!
Actually the caucus thread violated was abused by a Mormon poster over and over again.
In order to push the false belief system of the LDS onto members of Free Republic, he would post proselytizing threads under the caucus designation in order to keep those posters with the truth about Mormonism from commenting and outing the LDS as a non Christian belief system.
Oh and BTW, the welcome sign was NEVER out for pushing of the LDS "faith."
It's been made clear to you and other Mormons that you are welcome to remain here at FR but will find the posts supporting un-Christain belief system will be countered. And if they get frustrated and start posting hate and attacks on members here I imagine they will be banned as was the case back in the time you are referencing.
The LDS Apologist have no equal rights nor friends here!
Neither do apologists of other false belief systems, or liberals for that matter.
Jesus (the Biblical one, not the LDS brother of satan jesus) didn't give equal rights to satan now did he?
Resty,
Speaking of the garments...
Can you cite the place in mormon scripture where you are commanded to wear special undergarments?
I’ve searched and I find no specific command. Yet I assume that even without a command, you are
typing all this while wearing the special underwears? Since it doesn’t seem to be anywhere in
mormonic writings, is it totally based on what your prophets said? I find that strange, given
the number of times those same prophets are quoted here and a mormon here says their words are not
inspired or authoritative. Yet those same mormons are wearing the uncommanded garments, apparently
based on the words of an unauthoritative “living prophet”.
It appears the underoos are made up or stolen - just like the temple rituals (stolen from Masons) and
design for the temple itself (stolen from Marriott lobby).
Do you have a reference? Does it command what they are to look like?
ampu
I am sure you share all this with you LDS wife!
Why would I want to do that I love the Church and Joseph Smith is prophet called by my Lord Jesus Christ!
It is a marvelous work and wonder that has manifest in the earth after all of the growing pains.
This Church was manifest under the guidance’s of the refiners fire.
I am humble to be a part of it.
Sorry forgot the adjustive RUDE STATE of MIND
I’ll ignore your personal comment as it was totally expected, and repeat my previous, as yet, unanswered question...
When did the so called great apostasy occur?
Please be specific.
Then the answer is easy - don't put so much starch in your underoos. Life will be less 'rude' for you.
Joseph Smith is prophet called by my lord jesus christ!
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Resty you can believe that the name of one of the demons that your Joey Smith entertained was called whatever or whomever you wish...
The blue god has special names also...
New Agers have demons they call spirit guides and some of them are named jesus too...
just like the “spirit guides” of your Joey Smith...
The Moslems think Mohammad was a prophet of their god also...
so youre in good i suppose company...
But Joey Smith never met the LORD Jesus Christ of the Christian Bible...
He rejected the God of Christianity just like you have told us you did several years ago...
For Joey Smith its too late...
Hes screaming in Hell for Lazarus to come and give him some water...
But its not too late for you while you still live to repent of your sins and be saved by the Blood that the LORD Jesus Christ shed on the Cross for you to cleanse you from all unrighteousness and to forgive your sins and set you free from sin...
There is no sin bad enough that you have committed that the Blood of Jesus cannot cover...
Ever murder can be forgiven by God because Jesus took your place on the Cross and died in your place...
Resty once you are dead it is too late...
all the water in all those fake Mormon temples will not save you after you are dead...
The wickedness of baptism for the dead is a lie right out of Hell...
Neither dead dunking nor special bloomies that you have to tell a male bishop you are wearing...how immoral...will save you...
Only the Blood that the LORD Jesus shed on the Cross will save you...
Why would I want to do that I love the Church
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and right there you and the LORD Jesus Christ who is God and always has been God differ...
and while God has never been a man and is not a man that He should lie Numbers 23:19
you on the other hand are not God...
God said we are to love God and Him only...
Get out of here, Satan,” Jesus told him. “For the Scriptures say, ‘You must worship the LORD your God and serve only him.’” Matthew 4:10
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ (The LORD Jesus Christ, Matthew 22:37, Mark 12:30)
Why would I want to do that I love the Church
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Oh I wouldnt do that if I were you
The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD takes vengeance and is filled with wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on his foes and maintains his wrath against his enemies. Nahum 1:2
Rude is a by-product of the natural man Godzilla
Still practicing fortune telling....
I should be use to you trying to speak for the LORd or putting words into the Lord mouth...
should stop practicing fortune telling and wait in the Lord
Tennessee Nana a prophet your NOT!
Do you keep all of the commandments?
Remember Jesus amplified all of the commandments with made it possible to be saved only through his sacrifice and God’s grace.
should stop practicing fortune telling and wait in the Lord Tennessee Nana a prophet your NOT!
I do not believe that the natural man Godzilla is deliberately rude. Now, what does the natural man Godzilla desire more than anything?
ALL: You can see Mormon intolerance on display for all to see here.
Restornu the Mormon citing the original Mormon claiming...
...ALL others 100% "wrong"
..."ALL their creeds were an abomination" in the unnamed Mormon gods' minds...including the Apostles Creed which doesn't disagree with Mormon doctrine...
...Christian professors were "all corrupt" -- 100% of professing Christians...
Smith and his disciple-followers judging every worldwide Christian...
(See Cuban Leaf. Even Mormon followers like Restornu have trouble believing the Book of Mormon at face value!!! What do I mean? Well, if the Book of Mormon is true, Jesus had 12 original disciples plus a 13th who replaced Judas early in the book of Acts plus a 14th, the apostle Paul; and then another dozen in South or Central Book of Mormon "times"! But do you see Restornu mentioning 24-26 disciples of Jesus? No way! Even Restornu honors the original biblical # of disciples and outright discounts any additional Book of Mormon disciples!)
If you were baptized in a single Name (singular) -- that's "trinitarian" theology, Saundra.
If your gods have multiple beings, why don't they have multiple names for you to be baptized in?
If you were baptized in a single Name (singular) -- that's "trinitarian" theology, Saundra.
If your gods have multiple beings, why don't they have multiple names for you to be baptized in?
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