On 5/30/2011 6:45 AM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
I've been LDS for 20+ years, and carry a current temple
reccomend. Every leader I've talked to says cola / sodas are
personal choice. That cola / soda pop is not prohibited. I'm
quite fond of generic diet cola. Stars and Stripes brand
from Dollar Tree.

The "word" based on what I could find at the lds.org site seems to be
based on the "commonsense" definition of what's good/bad for the body
(which somewhat surprised me; from what had been told by those w/ whom
had most contact I thought there was a specific prohibition on caffeine).

That being so, there's an apparent contradiction on the "hot drinks" of
the original proscription being coffee and tea since both (and
especially the latter) are often served cold in which case the original
wouldn't seem quite accurate.

OTOH, given the apparent recasting, what about the recent studies that
indicate there are actually beneficial results from coffee on various
onset rates for disease? That would seem to lift the "ban"...

Ah, what tangled web we weave...

On a side note, grandfather was raised in LDS, when married she was from
Irish Roman Catholic branch. Neither having a congregation where
settled in SW KS, they "compromised" and raised all the kids as
Methodists.

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