Posted on 08/17/2019 7:17:52 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has issued a warning to members that coffee is prohibited no matter how fancy the name, that vaping is banned despite the alluring flavors and that marijuana is outlawed unless prescribed by "competent" doctors.
The new guidance in the August issue of a church youth magazine does not include fundamental changes to the religion's strict health code, but clarifications are significant and seem to reflect growing concern about young Latter-day Saints' adherence to the rules.
The article says it aims to clear up issues that could be confusing for young people within the religion's "Word of Wisdom," a set of rules about what foods and drinks are good for members and what substances they should avoid.
The rules prohibit alcohol, tobacco, illegal drugs and coffee and tea. They are based on what church members believe was a revelation from God to founder Joseph Smith in 1833. The faith's rejection of coffee has long generated curiosity and more than a few jokes, including a scene in the biting satirical Broadway musical called "The Book of Mormon" where dancing cups of coffee appear in a missionary's nightmare.
The new instructions about coffee make clear that there's no gray area allowing coffee-infused drinks and allude to the wide variety that could tempt members of the faith widely known as the Mormon church.
"The word coffee isn't always in the name of coffee drinks. So, before you try what you think is just some new milkshake flavor, here are a couple of rules of thumb: One, if you're in a coffee shop (or any other shop that's well-known for its coffee), the drink you're ordering probably has coffee in it, so either never buy drinks at coffee shops or always ask if there's coffee in it,"
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Thanks for the clarification.
Some folks are full of that.
Others? Something else.
Those tactics only work on the folks that don’t know how they work.
Thank you.
You do know that that much change in your habits will be hard work.
“If it helps; you could place me into the Berean type of believer:”
Only in your sound bite.
Bereans taught what to do.
You teach what not to do.
“No, you said you didn’t teach like Paul.”
Paul spent almost all of his time teaching what to do.
7th Day Adventist eschew caffeine too
They live long and prosper
“He left it to his hearers to determine the DIFFERENCE between what HE taught and what the OTHERS taught.”
Thank you.
You point to the difference; Paul built up by teaching which way to go.
A lot of them don’t eat meat, either.
Well, it’s interesting that you refuse to identify your ‘denomination’ so that others might examine your own doctrine - while you post endlessly of the errors of other specific doctrines.
I've posted on FR for twenty years now.
If anyone really wants to know what I believe in; it has been posted many times already.
If seems over whelming; merely stay in THIS thread and point out anything I've posted that you think is wrong.
At least you acknowledge this.
So many posters merely complain about my style; while hardly ever pointing out any error I am introducing to the world.
You want to make religion utterly objective; when it is the most SUBjective instinct that human beings possess.
You pretend transparency, while actually conducting yourself very manipulatively.
I can only assume that you've found nothing wrong enough to point out.
Or; that if you have; your concern about any lurkers here being led astray by me; is minimal.
What do you expect?
Jim Jones and Charles Manson spent many formative years in Indiana; too.
You flatter yourself if you think I have any interest in your subjective interpretation of the scripture that you cut-and-paste. I’m perfectly happy to allow you your own way of believing and interpreting.
I argue with the obnoxious persona and manner through which you criticize other Christians whose interpretations may be different from yours. You seem to believe that you are on a ‘mission from God’ to save other Christians from themselves; while I think that they are perfectly capable of deciding what is right and what makes sense To Them.
(I don’t understand your reference to Jones and Manson. I don’t think that you are an insane criminal - just a very egocentric one. And all the time you spend tearing down others’ beliefs might be better spent on purifying ‘Elsie’.)
Small edit - I didn’t mean that you are an ‘egocentric criminal’, but an egocentric individual.
(I don’t think you get to take that into Heaven...)
Golly!
I wasn't aware that I have posted any of my interpretation of Scripture after I posted it.
Could it be that the Scripture itself is speaking to you?
What a concept!!
That silly Paul!
Why didn';t he leave things well enough alone?
Encouraging that young, impressionable Timothy guy to come out full force against FALSE teachings.
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