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In church today a speaker related the tale of grandpa surviving a fire/explosion having his clothing burnt off down to his garments. Also his eyebrows burned off and lower extremities also burned.

Using some common knowledge about fabric science, I think the reason why you hear these tales often is that sweat soaked cotton blends are naturally resistant to fire.

In the Army they banned synthetic undershirts for a time because it would melt to your skin during fires. Not until they started issuing fire retardant fabrics did sweat wicking underwear get the ok. Until then cotton was authorized.

And another point, if the protection is true, then short sleeve/leg garments are satan's plan. We should also wear a masonic face shield in dangerous or hazardous occupations.

https://www.firechief.com/2016/09/16/be ... rom-burns/

My own grandfather had a very similar situation. The garments saved wherever they covered his body. He was even burned on where he had a small hole in the leg. The fact that sweat soaked cotton blends are fire resistant was never brought up.

I remember the day that I was told about the garments (I did not grow up LDS so I didnt really know about them) and I was horrified about the idea.

My (now) in-laws told me stories about people who received magical protection from them. At the time I just accepted the stories as real even though I didn't think it made sense, but now I just view all of that so differently.

There is no magic... if there was truly magic in the church, we'd see it today. Yet as Bill Reel has pointed out in his podcasts - we amazingly have had zero magic since recording technology has been available, which is just the most amazing coincidence.

Once you realize that there's nothing magical, it makes all of those stories fall into place pretty quickly.

From the article:

"Laboratory tests showed that firefighters wearing synthetic undergarments may be more likely to suffer burn injuries because the synthetic materials might melt and stick to their skin. In those tests, undergarments made up of 100 percent cotton or 100 percent wool did not ignite, melt or char during testing."

Beware the synthetic wicking fabrics if you want magical garment protection.

moksha wrote: ↑Mon Aug 27, 2018 5:53 amROME - It was observed by various legionaries that during the Punic Wars, that Carthaginians wearing all cotton LDS garments soaked in sweat were much more impervious to Greek fire. There were also rumors of these same garments provided cold weather protection when these Carthaginians were crossing the Alps.

No doubt the Carthaginians acquired the temple garment from Solomon's temple when the Phonecians were trading with the Kingdom of Israel several hundred years before the Second Punic War. Clearly the Carthaginians were trying to preserve the truths and blessings of temple rites after Jerusalem fell to the Babylonians in 588 BC. One can only assume that Lehi took the temple rites and priesthood authority with him to Guatemala several years before.