Do Mormons use their Magic Underwear to attract multiple wives?

Question

I have a friend named "Cindy" who told me that that's how Mormons who follow the Principal identify themselves to others of the cult.

Answer 1

No. The garments we wear serve as a reminder of the sacred covenants we have made in one of the Temples, to follow Christ and obey his commandments.

I know that you have a right to say whatever you want, it is a free country after all, but have you thought about what you would feel like if someone was disrespectful and openly mocked your beliefs/the things that are important to you?

I'm just saying, the way you phrased your question is meant to provoke an angry response from a Church member, instead of a sincere answer.

Then again, I could be wrong, and you express yourself that way about every topic.

Answer 2

Whenever you use the term "magic underwear" you're either purposefully being very rude and very disrespectful, or your 100% oblivious and hopefully you'll learn and won't make that mistake again. Using that kind of language is a button pusher, hence the "troll" comments. They're called garments (LDS garments, temple garments, etc), and no, they don't have magical properties. They're basically like longer boxer shorts and a t-shirt. They're really not that interesting. Adult Mormons can choose to wear them after they've gone through one of the LDS temples. They remind us to keep the commandments and they promote modesty. We don't believe that the native americans were wiped out as god's punishement. The Book of Mormon does tell the story of some people who lived in the Americas from about 2000 BC to about 400 AD. We know little of what happened between 400 AD and 1500 AD, however, we do believe that some of the native americans had ancestors who were in the Book of Mormon.

Answer 3

Do you really imagine that we go round flashing our knickers at each other to prove that we are members of the church? How ridiculous can you get. Your friend Cindy is astonishingly stupid.

Please do not speak so offensively about something which is very precious to me. You know perfectly well that Mormons do not have multiple wives and that there is nothing "magic" about our underwear.

Answer 4

The magic isnt in the underwear... its in the secret blend of herbs and spices used to scent the fumes coming from the rear of the underwear. Morman men purchase a specially made brand of kevlar jockey shorts with microscopic state of the art nanotechnological directional gas filters that activate upon the erection of the primary gas probe within the protective kevlar sheath. The gas contains pheronomes that attract the opposite sex subtly but powerfully.

Answer 5

thats the funniest thing ive ever heard!!!!!!
religious people do the strangest things eh?

oh read this please:

cult

Audio pronunciation of "cult" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (klt)
n.

1.
1. A religion or religious sect generally considered to be extremist or false, with its followers often living in an unconventional manner under the guidance of an authoritarian, charismatic leader.
2. The followers of such a religion or sect.
2. A system or community of religious worship and ritual.
3. The formal means of expressing religious reverence; religious ceremony and ritual.
4. A usually nonscientific method or regimen claimed by its originator to have exclusive or exceptional power in curing a particular disease.
5.
1. Obsessive, especially faddish, devotion to or veneration for a person, principle, or thing.
2. The object of such devotion.
6. An exclusive group of persons sharing an esoteric, usually artistic or intellectual interest.


[Latin cultus, worship, from past participle of colere, to cultivate. See kwel-1 in Indo-European Roots.]

Answer 6

Ok, I will address to things here. First that we don't have magic underwear, and second that we are not polygamist.

The "magic underwear" is actually called garments. The word "garment" has a distinctive meaning to Latter-day Saints. Members who have received the ordinance of the temple endowment wear a white ceremonial undergarment. Members wear the garment under their regular clothing for the rest of their lives, day and night, to remind them of the sacred covenants they have made with God. It is an outward expression of an inward covenant and symbolizes Christlike attributes in one's mission in life. The white garment symbolizes purity and helps assure modesty and respect for the attributes of God. Scripture and ancient tradition point toward the significance of sacral clothing. The clergy and ministry in almost all major faiths wear special clothing. For Latter-day Saints, among whom there is no professional ministry, men and women from all walks of life share in the callings, responsibilities, and blessings of the priesthood. Their sacred clothing, representing covenants with God, is worn under rather than outside their street clothes.

abstracted from "Garments," in Encyclopedia of Mormonism, ed. Daniel H. Ludlow, 4 vols. (New York: Macmillan, 1992), 2:534–35.

As far as having multiple wives. Plural marriage was taught and practiced in the Church for a relatively brief period. Joseph Smith received the revelation about plural marriage as early as 1831 in answer to his inquiry concerning the appropriateness of revered prophets and patriarchs who had more than one wife. Joseph was reluctant to introduce the practice and did so only after divine warning. He first taught the principle privately in the 1840s. The Church began teaching it publicly in 1852. Plural marriage brought public hostility against the Church and eventually federal antipolygamy legislation that stripped Latter-day Saints of their rights as citizens, disincorporated the Church, and permitted the seizure of Church property. Plural marriage challenged those within the Church also. Early participants first wrestled with the prospect and then embraced the principle only after receiving personal spiritual confirmation that they should do so. Studies suggest that a maximum of 20 to 25 percent of Latter-day Saint adults were members of polygamous households during this era. Again by revelation, Church President Wilford Woodruff issued the Manifesto in October 1890 announcing an official end to the Church practice of plural marriage. Since 1904, it has been uniform Church policy to excommunicate any member either practicing or openly advocating the practice of polygamy.

abstracted from "Plural Marriage," in Encyclopedia of Mormonism, ed. Daniel H. Ludlow, 4 vols. (New York: Macmillan, 1992), 3:1091–95.

Answer 7

Since the LDS Church no longer condones polygamy, I guess the Mormons use their Magic Underwear for other purposes. Maybe it keeps them from chafing? Or makes them fly when non-Mormons aren't looking?

Answer 8

It's not the magic underwear that attracts multiple wives, it's whats IN the underwear that attracts multiple wives.

Answer 9

The church kind of compels it.

Answer 10

Probably not.