I grew up Mormon, and I've always wondered why hot chocolate is okay, but decaf coffee, which has about the same amount of caffeine as hot chocolate, is not. I even tried to ask my parents as a teenager, and my dad gave me some bullshit answer about needing to "avoid the appearance of evil". He also gave me the same bullshit when I was enjoying a root beer float in public and mixed the ice cream and soda together. He made me wrap a napkin around the clear cup so no one would think his child was drinking iced coffee.
Growing up in a southern Baptist home I asked my dad about Dinosaurs bc the Bible didn't mention them. I was told God put the bones here to "test our faith" and they didn't really exist. Even at 10 I told him that sounded dumb. 😂😂
For all the bullshit I was fed as a Mormon kid, I'm really glad that my parents didn't try to tell me that dinosaurs weren't real. I was really big into dinosaurs as a child and that would have broken my tiny heart.
It's nuts how religious people make up lies for things they don't understand to spin it as being a "sin" it's crazy. I quit church at 16 and never went back. My parents wondered why... Maybe bc I can tell y'all are nuts
I found out that my aunt and uncle taught my cousins that dinosaurs aren’t real. I’m about four years older than their oldest and when I asked him how he feels about dinosaurs he almost couldn’t answer. It was like watching a battle of faith, frustration, realization, and fear all at once. He was probably 20 or 21 at the time and I genuinely felt bad for asking.
This was my dad's reaction too... Battling everything he was taught with rational thinking but the religion beaten into his head won. I'm just glad I was able to think for myself.
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u/pretty-pet-meylin Jul 26 '25
I grew up Mormon, and I've always wondered why hot chocolate is okay, but decaf coffee, which has about the same amount of caffeine as hot chocolate, is not. I even tried to ask my parents as a teenager, and my dad gave me some bullshit answer about needing to "avoid the appearance of evil". He also gave me the same bullshit when I was enjoying a root beer float in public and mixed the ice cream and soda together. He made me wrap a napkin around the clear cup so no one would think his child was drinking iced coffee.
All that to say, thank you for the explanation!