Temple Garments

The official website of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has just added the following page: Temple Garments. It contains a 4-minute video about the purpose of the garments that "inquiring minds" may find worthwhile.

Katzpur said:

The official website of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has just added the following page: Temple Garments. It contains a 4-minute video about the purpose of the garments that "inquiring minds" may find worthwhile.

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Hi Katzpur, I came across that you tube video this morning in the Mormon newsroom. I do not understand why the church did that, however, I need to have faith in our leaders. Times surely are changing with the church. I guess it is better for us to do something like that our way than to have our enemies continually posting negative things about the church.

Norman said:

Hi Katzpur, I came across that you tube video this morning in the Mormon newsroom. I do not understand why the church did that, however, I need to have faith in our leaders. Times surely are changing with the church. I guess it is better for us to do something like that our way than to have our enemies continually posting negative things about the church.

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Well, you just answered your own question. There was a time -- long, long ago, as they say -- when things you hold sacred weren't held up for ridicule (or even mentioned by outsiders, for that matter). Today, technology being what it is, virtually everything is available to everybody. I guess the Church leadership has just decided to be more pro-active. It's too bad they have to be, but it's good that they are coming to recognize that, in light of how things are in the real world.

Not sure if I have the right to share thoughts in DIR, if you feel it's offensive please ask the moderator to erase this

Something was missing in the clip, I do understand as the case of the temple it's sacred not secret, or however you like to define the practice.
but still puting LDS with other faith groups and give many other examples is not a solution of the issue.
In other words, all examples of different faiths shown in the clip are open and anybody can ask and get detailed answers from a Rabbi, or Priest, or Sheikh, or Guru, unlike LDS there is no authentic explanation.
So, while watching I felt like this is not the whole picture, something is missing.

Thank You

Katzpur said:

The official website of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has just added the following page: Temple Garments. It contains a 4-minute video about the purpose of the garments that "inquiring minds" may find worthwhile.

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I think the church was smart to do this, seriously. The video was very straight forward and compared differing religious customs concerning clothing and how similar the practice is with the LDS temple garments. Made sense to me and takes all the mystery and most of the rumor out of the mix.

I am still a bit confused as to why the secrecy in the past though?

Marco19 said:

Not sure if I have the right to share thoughts in DIR, if you feel it's offensive please ask the moderator to erase this

Something was missing in the clip, I do understand as the case of the temple it's sacred not secret, or however you like to define the practice.
but still puting LDS with other faith groups and give many other examples is not a solution of the issue.
In other words, all examples of different faiths shown in the clip are open and anybody can ask and get detailed answers from a Rabbi, or Priest, or Sheikh, or Guru, unlike LDS there is no authentic explanation.
So, while watching I felt like this is not the whole picture, something is missing.

Thank You

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I'd say that it all pretty much stems from the fact that we see the temple garment as a symbolic reminder of the promises we make and the covenants we enter into with God in the temple. If a rabbi, priest or sheikh believed that God had told him that certain things he'd been taught were not intended for public knowledge, I would certainly hope the rabbi, priest or sheikh would have enough integrity to keep confidential any information he believed to have been given him in confidence. As you probably know, not even all Mormons are permitted to participate in temple worship, although they are definitely all encouraged to prepare themselves for a time when they can. Only those who have demontrated a certain degree of faithfulness and readiness to receive additional knowledge are permitted to do so.

Buttercup said:

I think the church was smart to do this, seriously. The video was very straight forward and compared differing religious customs concerning clothing and how similar the practice is with the LDS temple garments. Made sense to me and takes all the mystery and most of the rumor out of the mix.

I am still a bit confused as to why the secrecy in the past though?

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I don't know for sure. I think that people just like to ridicule things they don't understand, and they also like to embellish the truth about things they have only a superficial knowledge of. It's hard to ridicule something you know absolutely nothing about. If you have a little bit of knowledge about something, though, and are immature and insensitive to want to advertise your lack of knowledge, you can really have fun talking about something like someone else's underwear. Prior to the time when technology made this information available to anybody who wanted to go online and do some research, the Church probably just felt that our underwear really wasn't anybody's business, and why bring the subject up? Nowadays, they couldn't keep it secret if they wanted to, so I guess they've just decided to be a bit more open in an effort to discourage the mocking.

Marco19 said:

Not sure if I have the right to share thoughts in DIR, if you feel it's offensive please ask the moderator to erase this

Something was missing in the clip, I do understand as the case of the temple it's sacred not secret, or however you like to define the practice.
but still puting LDS with other faith groups and give many other examples is not a solution of the issue.
In other words, all examples of different faiths shown in the clip are open and anybody can ask and get detailed answers from a Rabbi, or Priest, or Sheikh, or Guru, unlike LDS there is no authentic explanation.
So, while watching I felt like this is not the whole picture, something is missing.

Thank You

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Hi Marco, it really is very simple. Too many religious organizations, ecclesiastical dress is an important symbol of religious identification of an outward appearance. Some religions have sacred garments that are not visible to outsiders, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints sacred clothing is worn under rather than outside of our street clothes. To the Latter Day Saint the under garment represents sacred covenants. It fosters modesty and becomes a shield and protection to the wearer.
Religions create dress codes to overtly define morality and modesty. Jews wore girdles to make the division between pure and impure visibly clear. Ecclesiastical clothing represents a level of religious involvement. Symbols such as clothing are used as evidence that the member of the religious group is on the "right and true path."
Sacred clothing will be worn in the hereafter and will be so important that, "He that overcomes, the same shall be clothed in white raiment and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels" (Rev. 3:4-5).
In Luke 8: 43 the woman with the issue of blood for twelve years, came and touched THE BORDER OF HIS GARMENT and was healed. That word BORDER comes from the Hebrew word tzit tzit meaning twisted coils, fringe, or tassel. Remember the commandment of the Lord from Deuteronomy 22: 12 to wear the twisted coils? What did she touch? The twisted coils on the border of the garment (His Prayer Shawl) that Jesus being Jewish, was wearing. Jesus did wear clothing that was sacred to him like any other practicing Jew in his day. The Jews including Jesus wore a tallith, the garment that reminds a Jew of the covenants and commandments he has bound to himself.
Why do people wear clothes and shoes? The answer seems obvious; to hide their nakedness. Clothing is important whether it is religious clothing or street clothes. Latter Day Saint sacred clothing is just that ‘sacred’ Period. :rainbow1:

Norman said:

Why do people wear clothes and shoes? The answer seems obvious; to hide their nakedness. Clothing is important whether it is religious clothing or street clothes. Latter Day Saint sacred clothing is just that ‘sacred’ Period. :rainbow1:

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Hello Norman,

I'd like to know your opinion, as they have talked in public about the garments why they didn't "at least" mention the symbols on it? It's like you are showing me a blur image, isn't it better to not show at all?

Even what Katzpur mentioned, feel it's not that big issue, because who attacks will not stop by watching this...

may be because I'm perfectionist, so I always like to have everything complete/a full picture

Marco19 said:

may be because I'm perfectionist, so I always like to have everything complete/a full picture

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Convert to Mormonism, then.

Marco19 said:

Hello Norman,

I'd like to know your opinion, as they have talked in public about the garments why they didn't "at least" mention the symbols on it? It's like you are showing me a blur image, isn't it better to not show at all?

Even what Katzpur mentioned, feel it's not that big issue, because who attacks will not stop by watching this...

may be because I'm perfectionist, so I always like to have everything complete/a full picture

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Hi Marco, I was surprised when my church made a video about the LDS garments. However, I have faith in my leaders. As far as the symbols they would mean nothing to a non-member of my faith. My church will never reveal those. They only have meaning and are meant for a an LDS member who goes to the temple and makes the covenants between that person and God. The symbols are simply a reminder to the recipient of those covenants that were made. God Bless You. I appreciate your questions and interest in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. :rainbow1:

Norman said:

Hi Marco, I was surprised when my church made a video about the LDS garments. However, I have faith in my leaders. As far as the symbols they would mean nothing to a non-member of my faith. My church will never reveal those. They only have meaning and are meant for a an LDS member who goes to the temple and makes the covenants between that person and God. The symbols are simply a reminder to the recipient of those covenants that were made. God Bless You. I appreciate your questions and interest in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. :rainbow1:

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Thank you Norman for your kind respond,

Even though we disagree with the phrase "the symbols they would mean nothing to a non-member of my faith.", but I do understand what you mean & I fully respect your faith in your leaders.

Thank you