A temple garment (also referred to as garments, or Mormon underwear) is a type of underwear worn by members of some denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement, after they have taken part in the Endowment ceremony. Garments are worn both day and night and are required for any previously endowed adult to enter a temple. The undergarments are viewed as a symbolic reminder of the covenants made in temple ceremonies, and are viewed as either a symbolic or literal source of protection from the evils of the world.
The garment is given as part of the washing and anointing portion of the endowment. Today, the temple garment is worn primarily by members of LDS Church and by members of some Mormon fundamentalist churches. Adherents consider them to be sacred and not suitable for public display. Anti-Mormon activists have occasionally publicly displayed or defaced temple garments to advance their opposition to the LDS Church.
Temple garments are sometimes derided as "magic underwear" by non-Mormons, but Mormons view this terminology to be misleading and derogatory.
Jerald Dee Tanner (June 1, 1938 — October 1, 2006) was an American writer and researcher who, with his wife Sandra McGee Tanner (born January 14, 1941), was noted for publishing archival and evidential materials about the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). They are both ex-Mormon. The Tanners founded the Utah Lighthouse Ministry, whose stated mission is "to document problems with the claims of Mormonism and compare LDS doctrines with Christianity". Sandra Tanner continues to operate it.
The Tanners printed original versions of early Mormon writings and scripture in which they annotated and highlighted doctrinal changes, such as the rejection of Brigham Young's "Adam–God theory". They jointly published more than 40 books about many aspects of the Church, but primarily its history.
Jerald Tanner was born in Provo, Utah and reared as a Mormon. He studied at the University of Utah and received a degree from Salt Lake Trade Technical Institute.
Sandra is a great-great-granddaughter of Brigham Young, the second president of the LDS church and both of their families had longstanding ties to the Mormon community.
Terry Walter Harmon (born April 12, 1944 in Toledo, Ohio) was a second baseman and shortstop for the Philadelphia Phillies (1967 and 1969–77). He was a 5th round pick (85th player chosen overall) of the Phillies in the 1965 draft.
He attended DeVilbiss High School and Ohio University.
He helped the Phillies win the 1976 and 1977 National League Eastern Division.
In 10 seasons he played in 547 Games and had 1,125 At Bats, 164 Runs, 262 Hits, 31 Doubles, 12 Triples, 4 Home Runs, 72 RBI, 17 Stolen Bases, 117 Walks, .233 Batting Average, .311 On-base percentage, .292 Slugging Percentage, 329 Total Bases, 16 Sacrifice Hits, 5 Sacrifice Flies and 5 Intentional Walks. Where is he now: As of 1/2009. After baseball he became involved in cable TV, first with PRISM the Philadelphia sports channel then with home shopping and now with one of the cable 24/7 jewelry channels.