Sunday, April 28, 2013

FLDS: Clothes differentiate beween the righteous and the evil | Apologetics Index

FLDS: Clothes differentiate beween the righteous and the evil | Apologetics Index:


Every day, FLDS women don between four and five under-layers - long prophet-mandated underwear, bra, leggings and slips, she says.
Despite the scorching summer heat in Eldorado, Texas, where the current headquarters are, and Colorado City, where the Yearning for Zion sect was previously situated, the handmade dresses are constructed of synthetic polyester or rayon.
"Polyester fabrics last forever and don't stain easily,"

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Like many other religious groups, the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has a dress code, which in its case can be traced back to the late 19th century, a time when polygamy was still common in mainstream Mormonism. But those familiar with the cult say the women’s attire is not just a matter of tradition or preference. Rather, they say, fashions are dictated by very strict rules imposed and revised by sect elders to promote modesty and enforce religious devotion.
Controlling dress is a way of controlling behavior, experts say, and isolation from the outside world is precisely the point.
“They see the world as filled with the presence of Satan,” Stephen Kent, a professor of sociology at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, who has studied polygamy, told ABC News. “The conservative dress of the women sets them apart from the outside world. It fosters among them the attitude that the outside world is sensual and bad.”
Kent added that women in the polygamist sect are often proud of their appearance, seeing their attire as a reflection of their piety and proximity to God.
“These groups believe that they are the path to heaven,” Kent said. “And so they value their public statements about their elite exclusivity.”

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