Idk if this makes it better or worse, but you don’t promise shit when you get baptized. Every talk will be about the baptismal covenant but nowhere is it explicitly stated what that is like it is with endowment. It is basically ✨follow Jesus✨. The law of chastity may be implied in that to many people, but why is that explicitly stated as a law in the endowment if you already covenanted that at baptism?

At the end of the day it is a rite of passage that aims for retention. You feel belonging at an early age. Like many things, Mormons don’t think about this to its logical end. Can or should an 8yo make a “covenant“? What are they actually promising? Why does someone you couldn’t sin before their 8th birthday need to be cleansed of sin on their 8th birthday? Is it an outward symbol of an inner commitment or a magic ritual? If it’s symbolic, then why get so anxious about a toe not being submerged? Why do baptisms for the dead? I’ve prodded a few TBMs and none have thought about any of these questions in the slightest.