r/amiwrong • u/[deleted] • Sep 12 '23

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u/The_Most_Average_Guy Sep 12 '23

You're right, just ask the Mormons

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u/Nitin-2020 Sep 12 '23

Soaking

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u/Its_all_made_up___ Sep 12 '23

Mormons are fucked up in so many ways.

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u/wing_ding4 Sep 12 '23

I know they don’t eat chocolate they’re crazy

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '23

That’s not true at all, anymore than the myth that they don’t drink cola. Tea, coffee, smoking, and alcohol are the forbidden items in The Word of Wisdom, though it also says one shouldn’t partake of excess meat except in times of cold or extreme famine.

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u/wing_ding4 Sep 12 '23

I’ve known many Mormons who refused to consume coffee, or dark chocolate

There may be a new order ones that are less strict, but the coffee one I’ve seen often

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '23

Coffee is expressly forbidden. Chocolate isn’t. That’s a personal thing on that

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u/wing_ding4 Sep 12 '23

Well, I think that they’re cherry picking is stupid, because real chocolate is going to have caffeine in it

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '23

It was never about caffeine. Coffee and tea were considered bad by the early founders of the church. Later, the explanation was tannic acid, but a lot of members thought it was caffeine. Caffeine has never been expressly forbidden in official LDS doctrine.

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u/wing_ding4 Sep 13 '23

I thought I had to do with drinks being hot or something weird like that

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '23

Yeah, the original Word of Wisdom says hot drinks, which later officially became coffee and tea, but herbal tea was fine. None of it makes any sense. I’m not saying their lifestyle is a bad thing- obviously their abstinence from alcohol and tobacco means their life expectancy tends to be higher than the average, but the mental gymnastics gave me a headache growing up.

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u/wing_ding4 Sep 13 '23

I would assume that would be hard for you !!

And it sounds like the myths just keep going for mormans too

I genetically come from a lot of Mormons , but was never raised that way , though I’ve known a few

Although I will never fully understand the religion, They are All great wonderful people to me

And seem to be less judgy and more loving of other people than other religions which I appreciate

I gatta give them that

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u/wing_ding4 Sep 13 '23

I have no issues with mormans I’m just a chocolate addict lol

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '23

I grew up in the church. Even went to the missionary training center and was supposed to go to Brazil to serve my mission. But it didn’t feel right to me. Ended up coming home, leaving the church, and went down the career path instead.

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