Would a Mormon please explain what your undergarments really are?

Question

Everyone here calls them magic underwear, I am curious as to what purpose they actually serve...

I have seen Jews strapping prayer boxes on their arms, maintain a sabbath string around an entire city so they could carry on the sabbath, I see Christians with their symbols, muslims genuflexing several times a day, .

let's face it, relgions have rituals and customs that appear odd to outsiders.... and especially weird to unbelievers....

Answer 1

The garments are a reminder of covenants made in the temple. The symbols have a sacred meaning, one we don't speak of outside the temple.

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Okie. The reason people claim they are magical is because if we keep covenants with God, then he in turn, offers us protection. I'm not so sure that means physical protection, but another kind. But some have claimd to have been saved from death while wearing them and stuff....eh. Whatev. I think it's more or less the reminder that is a mental and emotional protection, and they also foster modesty, so that is a protection in itself. ^_^

Answer 2

Adult Mormons who are "worthy" can enter the temple and make sacred promises with the Lord. These are in line with what most christians believe for the record.

The garment has some marks and serves as a reminder of these covenants and promotes modesty.

They really aren't as exciting as everyone makes them out to be. They're basically a t-shirt and long shorts.

Answer 3

I'm not a Mormon, but I did find this on what, I assume, is a Mormon website:

''For temple-going Mormons, the garment serves much the same purpose as religious clothing throughout history—it privately sets them apart from the world and signifies a covenant between the wearer and God. There is no professional clergy in the LDS 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.
If you look at a pair of garments, there is nothing physically special about them. They are made from a variety of light-weight fabrics, and most garments are white. (There are some special colored garments that can be worn by members of the armed services, but for the vast majority of Mormons, garments are always white.) The white color symbolizes purity and the length and cut of the garment helps assure modesty in dress and appearance. The garment bears several simple marks related to gospel principles of obedience, truth, and discipleship in Christ.

The meaning attached to the garment by devout Mormons transcends the fabric and design used to create the garment. It is sacred to the wearer not for what it is, but for what it represents. It reminds the wearer of the continuing need for repentance and obedience to God, the need to honor binding covenants voluntarily made in the temple, and the need to cherish and share truth and virtue in our daily living. By so doing, the garment helps the wearer to focus his or her life on Jesus Christ and to thereby lay claim on the blessings promised to those who do so.''

The information came from http://www.mormon-underwear.com/.

You may want to check this information against the entry I found on Wikipedia, which shows what the Temple garment looked like the 19th century (basically, like a pair of long johns) and how it is now: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_garment.

The two explanations seem to check out as being fairly consistent with each other.

Answer 4

Those who call them "magic" are either being disrespectful or simply naive.
Mormon undergarments are worn by those who have gone to a Mormon temple and received sacred (note sacred is different from secret) ordinances. The undergarments are to act as a reminder to devout Mormons of the sacred nature of the ordinances received in the temple. They are a reminder of those ordinances, and accordingly, can act as a protection against evil.

Answer 5

i'll permit you be attentive to this, the only "ability" the Gaments that I placed on have, is interior the covenant that they characterize. they gained't give up a bullet or avert injury from coming to me. inspite of the undeniable fact that, the covenant that I fairly have made with God, will save me from going into places the place injury can come to me. the flexibility of protection comes from the covenant. that's annoying that individuals who don't understand or can no longer understand, mock what i detect sacred. What i do no longer understand is they do no longer ask the different faith to describe their non secular clothing. Why do you sense the could desire to purely ask Mormons approximately theirs? Why no longer ask the Orthodox Jew, or Greek Orthodox?

Answer 6

Chris M. has the best answer so far. All they are is a reminder of covenants made to God in the temple.

Answer 7

Wow! I didn't know any of this stuff, interesting! I'm here to be nosy, sorry I don't know nothing about Mormon undergarments either.

Answer 8

They aren't magical. They are garments to remember what covenants we have made in the temple.

Some antimormons call them magical garments to mock them.

Answer 9

Its origins come from the same place the LDS came from, Freemasonry.
The symbols over the nipples are the set square symbol of masonry.
The stitching over the navel and knee come from the initiation ceremonies of the Freemasons and the oaths they take.
Not surprising seeing as Joseph Smith was a 33rd degree Freemason. The Mormons I have spoken to about this know the origins, but were bothered about my knowing of their undies. haha
The first time I asked a couple about their undies they denied it at first, then confessed sheepishly saying I wasn't supposed to know about it.
I also have mentioned the fact that Wicca comes from Masonry as well, they didn't know what to say!

Answer 10

Lucky Charms.