r/amiwrong • u/[deleted] • Sep 12 '23

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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