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Every Member a Janitor
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Date: June 16, 2012 03:07PM
Defenders of Mormon temple garments tell the press that the magical underwear is not weird or strange, but that it is like the traditional religious clothing worn by other religions.
What they don't mention is that other church members will check to see if you are wearing your underwear and judge you if you aren't.
I told my TBM spouse that Saturdays would be my garment free days. She isn't very happy about it. Doesn't matter that I wear them the rest of he week or that it is sweltering hot. Because I don't wear the right type of underwear, suddenly our relationship is in jeopardy. She lifts up my shirt, asking, "Are you not wearing any garments?".
Can any "non-Mormons" relate to this. Imagine, "honey, I'm concerned you're not wearing the Victoria Secret underwear" or "your're wearing boxers instead of briefs?"
It is one thing if it is the spouse checking things out. Why the heck is it anyone else's business.
It is somehow ingrained in the culture. Years ago, while my mind was still trapped inside TSCC (though my body remains trapped therein) I recall actually looking for garment lines. It got so bad that at one point I confused "wife beater" lines, forgive the language, for the eternal smile garments and thought the wearer must be Mormon.
Underwear...a true indicator of your level of righteousness.
Underwear...you must give us your temple reccomend to buy it or your membership number showing you were endowed.
Most members don't know this, but they keep track of the underwear you buy from them.
Again, what other church makes you pay ten percent of your income to participate in its holy rites, makes you promise during those holy rites to wear only underwear made by the chuch for the rest of your life, tells you how to step I to your underwear, tells you how to store your underwear, tracks your underwear purchases, asks you if you have been wearing your underwear day or night, tells you how to get rid of your underwear, and encourages a culture of people checking out the underwear of others?