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In reply to the discussion: Undergarment upgrades bring many Mormon women comfort and joy [View all]Blue Owl
(57,755 posts)19. Jesus Fucking Christ
What are we, back in the 1800's?
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When your family has been Catholic for hundreds and hundreds of years it is hard to go against the grain.
Irish_Dem
15 hrs ago
#13
My mother finally got pissed off enough at the Catholic Church to never go to mass again.
Irish_Dem
2 hrs ago
#52
Oh Yes. We carried them around in little packets in our purses. Then popped them on our heads
Irish_Dem
6 hrs ago
#36
If it's any comfort, men wear the same sort of "underwear". No one is forced to do anyrthing, LDS are ...
marble falls
14 hrs ago
#26
That's because you don't understand it. Some say Joseph Smith took the idea of these garments from ...
marble falls
2 hrs ago
#47
Anyone who wears secret religious underwear is weird and sexually inappropriate.
Irish_Dem
2 hrs ago
#48
No. The "underwear" is not meant to be seen by anyone else. These are called Temple Garments, and those ...
marble falls
13 hrs ago
#28
Pretty much. If I remember right they were sold in department stores and
leftyladyfrommo
15 hrs ago
#20
Definition: Forward Tinking - moving from the 7th century to the 8th. Now 100 years ahed of the Taliban.
Wonder Why
13 hrs ago
#29
Women are second-class citizens within the religion, though. And that's ingrained
Scrivener7
1 hr ago
#56