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is it true that in mormon modesty guidelines a mormon must wear clothing with sleeves or can they wear tank tops

2006-08-17 16:33:15 · 10 answers · asked by paparazzichelle 3 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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Mormons are asked to wear modest clothing. If they have been through the temple and wear garments, then they would need to wear shirts with a sleeve, in order for the garments to be covered, but it could just be a regular short sleeved shirt. The youth, and the people who have not been through the temple wear tank tops.

2006-08-17 17:24:48 · answer #1 · answered by Melissa 7 · 1 0

Some Mormons do wear Tank tops. But most don't. They prefer to wear more modest clothing with cap sleeves or short sleeves. Some do wear sleeveless tops but if they've recieved their Temple Endowments then Cap sleeves and nothing above the knee!

2006-08-17 23:46:02 · answer #2 · answered by Carolyn T 5 · 2 0

I am LDS (mormon) and I do wear tank tops. It's up to the individual. There is no hard and fast rule for the membership as a whole. Some mormon families have higher standards than others. We are, however counseled to dress modestly and it is suggested that women wear shirts with sleeves, especially at church activities. It's kind of like R-rated movies and drinking caffeinated sodas....it's up to the individual.

2006-08-17 23:42:17 · answer #3 · answered by gurugirl 2 · 2 0

Modesty guidelines say we need to have at least a short sleeve, no spaghetti straps... no tank tops...

You can see some of the talks online... if you look at our Church Website under our library:

http://lds.org/gospellibrary/0,5082,4-1,00.html

and go to the PDF or HTML sections... look for "Modesty Matters" in the June 2006 issue of the Ensign (all online in PDF or HTML format)

2006-08-18 00:47:55 · answer #4 · answered by ♥Tom♥ 6 · 2 0

Some wear tank tops, but a lot of us don't. Modesty really is encouraged. :0)

2006-08-17 23:40:57 · answer #5 · answered by HappyCat 7 · 1 0

Mormoms are for the most part, very modest and think that "showing off" the physique is immoral. Now I believe that the body is a beautiful thing and enjoy seeing the most skin possible is someone has a healthy, well defined body that they have taken care of. I don't like to see floppy fat ridden bones. I think this is immoral. (Abusing your body with food and lack of exercise)

2006-08-17 23:43:31 · answer #6 · answered by diane R 1 · 0 0

No, you can wear short sleeves. But young women are encouraged to wear shirts that cover the shoulder, and stomach, and aren't to low cut.

2006-08-21 17:05:29 · answer #7 · answered by notoriousnicholas 4 · 0 0

No they need to wear shirts with sleaves, some may wear tank tops but we are not suppossed to. We are suppossed to wear shirts that cover out middriffs and our shoulders, and pants that arent too short. Bathing suits are an exception of course, but we arent suppossed to wear bikinis. One pieces and tankinies are fine however.

2006-08-18 00:27:17 · answer #8 · answered by 2kewl4skewl 2 · 0 0

I Exercise in tank tops all the time.

2006-08-21 12:55:32 · answer #9 · answered by Sherpa 4 · 0 0

for your rude answer in the gay section.................



Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law.
I have learned a great deal from you, and I try to share that knowledge
with as many people as I can.
I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some other specific
Biblical laws and how to follow them.

a) When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a
pleasing odor for the Lord (Lev. 1:9). The problem is my neighbors.
They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?

b) I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in
Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price
for her?

c) I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her
period of menstrual uncleanness (Lev.15:19-24). The problem is, how do I tell?
I have tried asking, but most women take offense. If I come into contact with
a woman who is menstruating and she doesn't tell me until afterwards, must I
kill her immediately or can I just beat her?

d) Lev. 25:44 states that I may indeed possess slaves, both male and female,
provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims
that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify?
Why can't I own Canadians?

e) I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2
clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill
him myself? Also, is Sabbath on Saturday as Seventh Day Adventists
(Christians, like us...or are they?) or is it on Sunday as Baptists and
some other faiths agree? I am beset by not knowing who to kill and when
to kill them...please clarify this for me.

f) A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an abomination
(Lev. 11:10), it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality (Lev. 18:22).
I don't agree. I'm also confused about how homosexuality can be an abomination
when Jonathan and David were married in the Bible (1 Samuel 18:1, 3 - 4).
Here, I'll quote it - "And it came to pass, when he had made an end of
speaking unto Saul that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David
and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. Then Jonathan and David made a
covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. And Jonathan stripped himself
of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even
to his sword and to his bow and to his girdle." and also Ruth's relationship
with Naomi is suspect, (Ruth 1:16-17) "And Ruth said to Naomi, Entreat me not
to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest,
I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people,
and thy God my God: Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried:
the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part three and me.
" Can you settle this?

g) Lev. 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a
defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my
vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle room here?

h) Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around
their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev.19:27 and even
though 1st Cor. 11:4-6 says that it is a shame upon a man to have long hair.
How should they die?

i) I know from Lev. 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me
unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves? Also, since it is
strictly forbidden to "eat neither fat nor blood" in Lev. 3:17 & Lev. 19:26,
does that mean that I must be a vegetarian and must I smite those who choose
to eat meat?

j) My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev. 19:19 by planting two different
crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two
different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse
and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble of
getting the whole town together to stone them (Lev.24:10-16)? Couldn't we just
burn them to death at a private family affair like we do with people who sleep
with their in-laws (Lev. 20:14)?

k) I know that it is an abomination for a man to wear a woman's clothes or a
woman to wear a man's (Deut. 22:5), so does that mean that since my wife
borrowed my boxers once, she's going to hell?

l) An unbeliever sent me an email telling me that God is an ABORTIONIST? It
says, "In Num. 5:11-31, God commands a husband to get an abortion for his wife
if he suspects she has been impregnated by another man. A priest is to make her
drink a potion and tell her, "If any man other than your husband has had
intercourse with you, may the LORD make an example of you . . . by bringing
upon you miscarriage and untimely birth." To deliberately cause a miscarriage
is to perform an abortion. And who brings about this miscarriage? Who performs
this abortion? It is the LORD who does so. God is an abortionist. In Ex. 21:22-25,
God tells us what to do if a man who is fighting knocks against a pregnant woman.
If the woman dies, the principle of "life for life" is invoked and the man
responsible for her death must be killed. If she lives but has a miscarriage,
then the death of the fetus is to be compensated for by the payment of a fine,
as demanded by the woman's husband. Thus, God has revealed the status of the
unborn fetus: it is not an independent, full-fledged human life, whose
destruction amounts to murder. It is a thing owned by the woman's husband, a
thing whose loss, like that of any other thing, may be compensated for with
money." How can this be true?

I know you have studied these things extensively, so I am confident you can
help. Thank you again for reminding us that God's word is eternal and
unchanging and also for the reassurance that the Bible is infallible.

2006-08-18 07:01:54 · answer #10 · answered by ☺Everybody still loves Chris!♥▼© 6 · 0 2

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