Yes, it's true. If you are a member of the the LDS church and you have been to the temple then you must wear special underwear. The LDS call them "garments" but what they really are is very uncomfortable. The last time I had to buy mormon underwear was August 2010, probably the hottest August in the last 100 years. My wife and I went to the beehive centre at the Toronto Temple (in Brampton, ON) and bought some mormon underwear. it was stifling hot that day but we were determined to wear them like the good little mormons that we were. We had recently gotten our temple recommends earlier that summer, and were really gung-ho about about the church. After many years of ups and downs we were finally on the path back to full activity. Our son had recently turned 8 and was baptized a few months prior so everything was looking good.
But this damn underwear was so bloody uncomfortable. We put on our new attire and strolled the temple grounds and were sweating profusely. We took a few pictures of the pretty flowers and the fountain around the back of the temple. But we were dying of the heat and the underwear really chafed.
Now, you might be thinking: "why do you have to have special underwear?" and my answer is that this is another one of the LDS church's inane ways to control it's members. It's not enough to demand that men wear white shirts and ties to church and that women wear dresses that are not sleeveless, but they had to dictate you had to purchase and wear special underwear.
But this damn underwear was so bloody uncomfortable. We put on our new attire and strolled the temple grounds and were sweating profusely. We took a few pictures of the pretty flowers and the fountain around the back of the temple. But we were dying of the heat and the underwear really chafed.
Now, you might be thinking: "why do you have to have special underwear?" and my answer is that this is another one of the LDS church's inane ways to control it's members. It's not enough to demand that men wear white shirts and ties to church and that women wear dresses that are not sleeveless, but they had to dictate you had to purchase and wear special underwear.
They claim the underwear protects you from harm. Really? How can underwear protect you from harm? They claim that if you are in a fiery car crash that you won't get burned where your underwear is. I wonder how many burn victims have tested this theory? I'm willing to bet a few.
Needless to say. Along with shirt color, jewelry choices, sleeve length and shorts length, drink choices, Sunday afternoon and Monday evening activity choices, oh the list is endless, the mormon church even dictates underwear choices.
To the members of the church, can you not see how much the church controls your life? You have to see it. For a church that claims you have free agency to choose, you certainly don't get to choose very much in your life.
I'm going to go now. I have some colored striped underwear to put on.
I just hope I don't get into a fiery car crash today....
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