Coffee?????
Wow. I had been told by friends who were LDS they weren’t supposed to drink caffeine. They were lying?
Well...when you have have candidate for President..you have to change the rules.
Well, the mormon gods do have a proclivity to change their minds quite frequently, so not surprising.
I was talking to a Pastor just yesterday and we were discussing how in the Old Testament, a lot of Patriarchs had numerous wives and concubines and God had no problem with it. That being said; one is all I can handle. (Giggle, giggle)
I drink coffee, moderately. I think it’s good for you in moderation. But I do NOT drink Coke, which is a source of high fructose corn syrup, which is extremely bad for you.
Coke didn’t always contain that stuff, but it does now. Thanks mostly to gubbermint interference.
The “word of wisdom” references “hot drinks”. That phrase is never further clarified. Interpretation is left to the reader.
They've certainly changed their tune over the years.
I used to work with a couple of mormons who eschewed all caffiene, even in chocolate. They were both brilliant, but they had the tendency to fall asleep during meetings, even 1:1s. Once one of them fell asleep while talking. Then he awoke several seconds later and picked up right where he left off.
The church's health guide has never specifically called out caffeine. Coffee, yes; caffeine, no.
Coffee contains caffeine, and some have independently extrapolated their interpretation to apply it to caffeine soft drinks (e.g., my parents many years ago), but it was never official church doctrine.
For members in good standing, this is one of those "it is your call" types of things.
Good thing, too... gotta have my diet Pepsis now and then!
Either way, caffeine seems pretty benign as vices go.
Nevertheless, Mormons allowing it or proscribing it, either way, it's OK with me.
If it violated some tenet of Catholicism, you could sure count on a pro-caffeine caucus at any Democrat convention.
A few yrs ago Mitt was on the Howie Carr show (Boston conservative talk host—he was an early promoter of his gov candidacy etc.) and Mitt had to admit that once in awhile (he actually said this) when he’s in a rambunctious mood, he will dare to treat himself to a Vanilla Coke.
Weird. I lived in Provo and SLC, and it was always made clear to me that it wasn’t caffeine, it was tannins. Of course I was never convinced that soda pop had tannins, but coffee and tea, I suppose so.
Like when they got the revelation blacks could be mormons once they could play b-ball for BYU.