• partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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    It’s also why the garments were first introduced in other parts of the world where it was a more practical necessity, including hotter climates and where women typically wear dresses. Sleeveless tops, skirt bottoms and one-piece shifts were already available in Africa and the Philippines, according to the church’s online store.

    He said a friend who served a mission in Africa got the sleeveless garments there last year and encouraged Walker to buy them as soon as they hit the shelves stateside.

    So different parts of the world have options to wear different mormon underwear that other parts of the world can’t?

    “I feel like sometimes people act like it’s like a secret or something that we need to hide,” Walker said. “But to me, it’s just something that reminds me of promises I made with God, and so I don’t think it’s anything that I should keep secret.”

    This is very confusing. If there are other styles that are mormon approved that he doesn’t have because of his geography, does that mean those other people are not reminded of god because they aren’t wearing the same undergarmets he is? If no, then there doesn’t actually seem to be a correlation between what undergarments are worn and what promise was made to god, right? If church leaders can introduce new styles of undergarments, then where is god in the garments at all? If yesterday an undergarment wasn’t church approved (and wouldn’t remind a person of promises to god) the why, today, with the new undergarment approved would it suddenly take on the property of reminding of god?

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      Were talking about the same mormon church that said drinking soda was a sin for decades, but then bought stock in coca cola and suddenly decided soda was totally okay for everyone

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        This part of The Book of Mormon musical basically says it all about their racism and flip flopping of rules:

        And I believe that in 1978 God changed his mind about black people!!

        CHORUS Black People!!

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      Turns out that much of what the church says is “doctrine” is actually just authoritarianism.