(May 27, 2011 at 12:46 am)Nathan6329 Wrote:(May 26, 2011 at 12:08 pm)Stue Denim Wrote: The magic underwear. Can't believe no-one asked about it yet
Saw some1 say that the most devout/fundamentalist will never completely take it off.
It protects against sin/satan? How?
These are referred to as "sacred temple garments." I never wore these because I didn't make it this far in my 12 year reign.
In order to wear these, you must fulfill the ordinance of the endowment ceremony. This is the ceremony with the washing an anointing, you wear special clothing that is white and the men wear this cap that looks like a bakers hat, you watch a movie about Adam and Eve, then you learn the tokens which are handshakes and password to go along with each of them that you have to do with a man behind a sheet that you can't see that is playing the part of God. Also, you are given a password that you have to say before crossing the veil. This represents the password that you must give to god along with the tokens before you can get into the celestial kingdom that they believe will happen someday in another realm. After you cross the sheet you get to sit in the celestial room until you are ready to leave that I believe is all white and represents heaven.
A current Mormon will never disclose the details of the ceremony because it is a sacred ceremony which must not be talked about. Before 1990 you used to have to make blood oaths to not disclose the secrets by the penalties of having your throat slit and you bowels removed. This was removed from the ceremony in 1990 because of how strange and masonic it all was.
The clothing you wear only in the temple but you must wear the special undergarments at all times except for showering and swimming as a reminder of the commitment that you made with god. The way it protects against sin is the symbolism of it all. On lds.org to order the temple garments you have to have a code that they give you after you attend the ceremony in order to buy them because they only want those worthy to be wearing them.
So bascially that is the idea behind the garments. It is not much different than a wedding ring really. It is just clothing to remind them of their committment they made to god.
Wow!
Assuming you are serious Mormons are a LOT crazier than I already thought!
I shudder to think that someone with a tin foil hat, ermm... "special under garment", would be the "leader of the free world". Appropriately an oxymoron if ever I saw one!
