Windy Sydney

Um...

How weird is it that endowed Mormons wear special underwear? It's truly bizarre...

One of my online pals lives in a state that has very few Mormons. He was telling some of his never-Mormon co-workers that he had stopped wearing the "magic underpants" and it actually took him about three full minutes to convince his co-workers that he wasn't joking. They thought he was using "magic underwear" as a metaphor for "not drinking the kool-aid."

Really.

Church undergarments are really bizarre.

I am not saying this to insult the people who read this blog while wearing undergarments... I am just stating my opinion...

Here is the thing...

If God really wanted people to be reminded of the covenants they made with him, and respect those covenants, why in the WORLD would He pick UNDERWEAR? There are so many better choices! How about jewelry of some kind? But underwear? Come on!

The faith-promoting stories about temple garments are numerous and extremely hard to believe. My favorite is the guy who gets in a car accident and is burned everywhere except for the places on his body where the garments were covering him. I remember asking my YW teacher why the man wasn't saved from the burns on the rest of his body as well? I mean, the guy is covered in third degree burns, and you think it's a big deal he wasn't burned everywhere?

To think that any kind of clothing (especially underwear) gives you special blessings and saves you from harm is really crazy to me. I would love to see a scientific study done on this... maybe some believing members of the church would be willing to volunteer for a study on the effects of these garments?

Yeah, I don't think it will happen either.

The whole cult aspect of this jumps out at me now after reading Steve Hassan's book, Combatting Cult Mind Control. Many groups ask their members to wear certain clothing or even require body modifications to constantly remind the person that they are a member of the group and not an independent person.

Why in the world would God want people to wear funny undies?

Oh, and a quick message to the lovely TBM folks... it's not just because we as humans can't understand His ways. It's not something that we need to wait for, or understand when we reach the afterlife. This is something we should have answers for... now.

Andee