Mormons and undergarments

[gottaluvPluto]

Okay, I was sitting at my DD's soccer camp, talking to a nice lady. We were talking about clothing and she brings up that Mormons wear special underwear. I looked at her and she said, Mormons have to wear holy underwear and that it was a secret. She went on to inform me that is a big secret and people can get in trouble talking about it. She was really serious. So, do Mormons wear only holy underwear? If so, do they buy it from a special store that does a blessing on them? I'm just curious.

P. S- I'm not trying to be mean or offend anyone.

 

[yeartolate]

If their drawers are holy, someone needs to mend them.

 

[gottaluvPluto]

If their drawers are holy, someone needs to mend them.

 

[yeartolate]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_garment

 

[gottaluvPluto]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_garment

Thanks for the link. The lady told me it was a secret, I guess she meant sacred.

 

[Rafiki Rafiki Rafiki]

It's funny you mention this today of all days. I never heard of them until my friend said something about them last night.

My friend was raised as a Mormon and left the church when she became an adult. Her parents were devout Mormons and cleared everything through the church, including very personal family and individual issues. My friend apparently never wore them, but wearing them seems to be a personal choice and is based on a commitment to their church.

The LDS seem to borrow much of their belief system from various world religions.

 

[Biscuitsmom31]

It's funny you mention this today of all days. I never heard of them until my friend said something about them last night.

My friend was raised as a Mormon and left the church when she became an adult. Her parents were devout Mormons and cleared everything through the church, including very personal family and individual issues. My friend apparently never wore them, but wearing them seems to be a personal choice and is based on a commitment to their church.

The LDS seem to borrow much of their belief system from various world religions.

Ex-Mormon here. The garments are worn by members who have had their temple endowments. Members often receive their temple endowments when they either go on a mission or get married in the temple. My mom and grandma had theirs w/o either of these events occurring but they were more the exception than the rule. You can be a very devout Mormon and not have had your endowments. (i.e. wear the garments)

 

[Biscuitsmom31]

Oops! Double post.

 

[RNMOM]

Non mormon here..I lived in Northern Utah for a couple years and worked for a few months in a nursing home. Pretty much all the residents wore their garments and it was very important to them.

There are a lot of interesting "semi-secret" things about the LDS church that I learned.

I find it fascinating to learn about how others live/worship/feel about their religion and/or heritage.

 

[#1hockeymom]

I find it fascinating to learn about how others live/worship/feel about their religion and/or heritage.

I agree!

 

[DizzneyDAnn]

I am a Mormon. I do wear the garment. The garment not a "secret" as much as it is sacred to us, and while members of our church are open about very many things, this is not one of them.

A Disney lover's board (and I am one!) isn't really a good forum in which to discuss anything sacred, is it? Some may read and respect; others may read and naturally scoff.

We are only protecting things that are very meaningful to us.


Oh, and we buy them in a little store next to the temple. There is no blessing on them. They do remind us of our blessings and commitments, though.

 

[DizzneyDAnn]

In response to an above post...We believe we are the restored church of Jesus Christ which He established on this earth prior to His death. Modern day religions evolved from this original church, so naturally it would "appear" that we "borrowed" from other religions, but such is not the case.

If you wish to know more, I highly suggest you go to LDS.org, contact your local missionaries (no obligation--noone is going to trip you into the baptismal font!), or best yet, read the Book of Mormon (which does not replace the Bible, but further testifies that Christ is our Savior.).

 

[Cool-Beans]

I had a friend in high school who was a mormon (or was she simply "mormon" and not "a mormon"? I dunno.) She has a special white undergarment she had to wear under her other clothes. She didn't like it, her parents demanded she wear it and she said that when she left for college she wasn't going to wear it any longer.

It had a name and some sort of religious significance, but darned if I remember what it was.

We weren't really into discussing religion. We had other things like how we could drive past Dave's house and not have Dave see us, whether we should get real ice cream (calories! ) or TCBY, "Should we cut Algebra tomorrow to go get our hair cut" (yes, we decided that was an excellent plan), and why Mrs. Smith was the worst teacher and how much Chemistry sucked to talk about. You know, stuff that is way more important than religion.

 

[DizzneyDAnn]

That was just her parents. Children do not have anything special under their clothes. I've never heard of anything like that.




I don't know why this was posted before the post i was referring to, but it was! This is the second time tonight this has happened. This post refers to the post about the high school friend and the white undergarment that she refused to wear in college, below.

 

[CPT Tripss]

Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer is interesting . . . and controversial.

 

[melk]

Did anyone else notice the advertising banner at the bottom of the page is for "Intimates and Underwear"?

(at least it was on page one)

 

[MichelleVW]

Did anyone else notice the advertising banner at the bottom of the page is for "Intimates and Underwear"?

(at least it was on page one)

Mine tooo...that's kind of funny.

I was watching a Comedy show with Dana Carvey last night and he was talking about the things that are special in every religion and when he said Mormans has special underware I had no idea what the heck he was talking about. This thread came along right in time to enlighten me!

 

[suzanna1066@comcast.]

I find Mormons fascinating from a sociological perspective.
I agree the Under The Banner of Heaven is a great read----yet very critical---it is more focused on fundamentalist sects of Mormonism.
In addition to the official LDS site, you can also go to www.exmormon.org for a different perspective. There are lots of personal stories from Mormons who have or are thinking of leaving the faith.
There is also a book titled Mormon America that attempts to provide a balanced view of the religion.
From what I understand, Mormon undergarments have symbols (similar to Masonic symbols) that must be cut out and burned when the garments are disposed of.

Disclaimer: I am not Mormon---just someone who finds societal groups interesting.