I don't think they're "banned" at church. They're discouraged because they're too casual for the "Sunday Best" standard of church, but when women are wearing denim skirts and plain old t-shirts, I don't think it makes much of a difference.
They are against the dress code to wear in class and to campus events at BYU-Idaho, I don't know about BYU.
BTW, upon doing research, I have discovered that the term flip flop was originally a racial slur for a Filipino person. Since I generally like Filipinos does anyone know a more PC term to describe the sandals?
Another thing in Mormon discourse that would be of vital interest to The Saviour, huh. I can see him now, long hair, sandals and robe, glaring down at those pink flip-flops and extra earrings! What are we thinking! Any worthy person should KNOW BY THE SPIRIT that God pays close attention to your shoes!
Mia Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I always pretended like I didn't get that memo. > Nobody ever said anything to me. > > Of course, my flip flops aren't just everyday flip > flops. I have a thing for beautiful shoes.
They won't say a thing to you . . . but they will to each other.
If how you dress effects how you act, why is it that there is such a big problem with reverence in LDS churches where kids and adults are dressed in Sunday best-girls in modest dresses, women in panty hose and men and boys i n suits and ties.Yet, I can go to a Catholic church filled with people in shorts, jeans, flip flops, minis, tanks etc and everyone is quiet and children are well behaved.Just asking.
Kids in Catholic church are MUCH better behaved. I was raised Catholic, and was shocked at the behavior I see at LDS churches, and that the parents allow it. That NEVER would have been allowed when I was growing up (though I wore jeans most Sundays, and that was cool.)
Was this the kind of good behavior that comes from understanding and internalizing the need for respectful behavior, or the kind that comes from the ever-present threat of being on the wrong end of Dad/Mom's punishments if they act up?
It is parents expecting kids to behave. It can work wonders.Some may use harsh discipline, but not all. A little fear of parents isn't necessarily a bad thing so long as the parents are not harsh..
I have been to Easter services in a cathedral and there many more kids than in the Mormon church and it was quiet. If a baby cried, the parents took him out and kids stayed in their seats and behaved. The Mormon excuse is that in other churches the kids are in a nursery. Uh, not always. Many are in the services and behaving.
It really depends on the the flip flops. Some are very dressy and suitable for a dressy occasion. Some cheap rubber or plastic ones are not made to wear with a nice dress.I really think it ruins the look to dress up and then slip on a pair of rubber sandals that you bought at the dollar store. However, this is not in any way a moral issue so maybe the church should mind their own business and let people dress the way the like.One of my biggest objections to the church was the control. They wanted to dictate everything and this was back in the 60s when they hadn't yet made a big deal of tats, piercings and approriate shoes.
I was out by then, but no ward I attended would have cared about that although some people would have thought they were inapproriate with a dress which they are, but going to hell? Geesh!
I wear my leather A&F flip flops for mandatory sac. meeting attendance in all but the worst weather. I always say "If they were good enough for Jesus, they're good enough for me." I hate wearing shoes -- Jesus sneakers are far more comfortable.
I've never understood why God considers wearing clunky heeled shoes that look like they are from the 1800s (that I see some TBM females wear) to be more honoring to him (or less disrespectul) than a fancy pair of flip-flops.
A related question? How come in the temple we are told to take off our slippers but keep on our socks? Did Moses wear socks? Did the High Priest wear socks when going into the Holy of Holies? I'm confused.
Zoris anyone? How about go-aheads. Mom called them that because it was so easy to step out of them and just go ahead.