04-28-2008, 04:22 PM | #41 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,371
|
Quote:
There's something to be said for making an attempt as a representative of the church to ensure you're not doing something that will offend members who feel one way or the other (for example, the missionaries being told when I was in Korea to not drink Green Tea because many members were being offended by them breaking the WoW). For the rest of us, who aren't official representatives of the church, each of us should understand that where specifics aren't given, we're to prayerfully decide where the 'lines' lie, and that we shouldn't condemn those who decide differently.
__________________
"My days of not respecting you are certainly coming to a middle." -Malcolm Reynolds "It doesn't mean that if we lose a game or when we lose a game people won't then jump on and say the quest is over. Because they will. But they've missed the point." -Bronco Mendenhall on "The Quest" |
|
04-28-2008, 04:25 PM | #42 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,371
|
Oh, and FWIW, there's some evidence that the 'caffeine' in chocolate is not caffeine at all, but theobromine, and therefore wouldn't fall under the perceived no-caffeine rules the WoW Pharisees harp so much about.
__________________
"My days of not respecting you are certainly coming to a middle." -Malcolm Reynolds "It doesn't mean that if we lose a game or when we lose a game people won't then jump on and say the quest is over. Because they will. But they've missed the point." -Bronco Mendenhall on "The Quest" Last edited by Spaz; 04-28-2008 at 04:28 PM. |
04-28-2008, 04:26 PM | #43 | |
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 10,665
|
Quote:
__________________
Interrupt all you like. We're involved in a complicated story here, and not everything is quite what it seems to be. —Paul Auster |
|
04-28-2008, 04:26 PM | #44 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Orange County, California
Posts: 3,059
|
Duh. What else are you going to barbecue?
__________________
Get your stinking paws off me, you damned, dirty Yewt! "Now perhaps as I spanked myself screaming out "Kozlowski, say it like you mean it bitch!" might have been out of line, but such was the mood." - Goatnapper "If you want to fatten a pig up to make the pig MORE delicious, you can feed it almost anything. Seriously. The pig is like the car on Back to the Future. You put in garbage, and out comes something magical!" - Cali Coug |
04-28-2008, 04:27 PM | #45 |
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 10,665
|
It's not a hot drink. Leave him alone.
__________________
Interrupt all you like. We're involved in a complicated story here, and not everything is quite what it seems to be. —Paul Auster |
04-28-2008, 04:32 PM | #46 | |
Charon
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: In the heart of darkness (Provo)
Posts: 9,564
|
Quote:
__________________
"... the arc of the universe is long but it bends toward justice." Martin Luther King, Jr. |
|
04-28-2008, 04:40 PM | #47 |
Charon
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: In the heart of darkness (Provo)
Posts: 9,564
|
You are a better man (woman?) than me.
How are you doing with barley, rye, oats, etc.?
__________________
"... the arc of the universe is long but it bends toward justice." Martin Luther King, Jr. |
04-29-2008, 04:31 AM | #48 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Utah
Posts: 525
|
Oh, he gets plenty of room from me. I was just responding to KiteRider's "rationalizing" post. Why is someone having a different interpretation of the WOW referred to as "rationalizing" by so many in the church? (a pet-peeve of mine)
For those interested, here's an article that tries to explain how the current WOW requirements evolved through changes in church policy, rather than through a revelation: (It's the section "The Word of Wisdom - From Principle to Requirement" on the left-hand side) http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm4/doc...&CISOSHOW=6510 |
04-29-2008, 05:03 AM | #49 | |
Charon
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: In the heart of darkness (Provo)
Posts: 9,564
|
Quote:
Great set of articles. Thanks for the link. I saw those a few years ago but forgot many of the details.
__________________
"... the arc of the universe is long but it bends toward justice." Martin Luther King, Jr. |
|
05-03-2008, 07:55 AM | #50 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Where do you think?
Posts: 1,201
|
Drinking coffee is not "having a different interpretation." It is breaking the WofW. I'm not sure how your SP remains an SP, if he is drinking coffee every day.
|
Bookmarks |
Tags |
green tea, word of wisdom, wow |
|
|