Lanky_Pomegranate530 to Atheist Memes • 2 months agoYou don't have to fear these thingsmidwest.socialimagemessage-square168fedilinkarrow-up1640arrow-down146
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish36•2 months agoI think that one is for the Mormons? I’m like 85% sure they think caffeine is against their religion.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink24•2 months agoim an exmo, yeah that’s basically it. The “doctrine” we get that from says: And again, hot drinks are not for the body or belly. this was “interpreted” as caffeine specifically, probably because the cult leaders didn’t want to give up hot cocoa.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•2 months agoWould iced coffee be okay then? Or they decide hot meant caffeine?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•2 months agoIced coffee is also not allowed if it has caffeine
minus-square@AnUnusualReliclink2•2 months agoIt’s religion, so it doesn’t have to make any sense, that’s what’s great about it.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•2 months agoYeah, that one’s a Mormon thing. The rule only covers coffee and tea if you want to be pedantic about it, though there are many ‘spirit of the law’ type people who avoid caffeine entirely.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•edit-22 months agoCorrect. Source: Last Podcast on the Left had an excellent series on mormonism.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•2 months agoMormons aren’t allowed hot drinks. I wonder if anyone’s made an exception for cold brew.
minus-squarePennomilinkEnglish2•2 months agoHot drinks is the scriptural term, but is officially interpreted as “coffee bean” and “tea leaf”. So you could have peppermint tea, but not tiramisu.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 months agoYeah, no tea either. Guess they get their 8 cups a day.
minus-squareI Cast Fistlinkfedilink3•2 months agoSo, sake served in the proper Japanese way would be double heresy for them
Coffe!? How? I am a little bit confused
I think that one is for the Mormons? I’m like 85% sure they think caffeine is against their religion.
im an exmo, yeah that’s basically it. The “doctrine” we get that from says:
this was “interpreted” as caffeine specifically, probably because the cult leaders didn’t want to give up hot cocoa.
Would iced coffee be okay then? Or they decide hot meant caffeine?
Iced coffee is also not allowed if it has caffeine
It’s religion, so it doesn’t have to make any sense, that’s what’s great about it.
Yeah, that one’s a Mormon thing. The rule only covers coffee and tea if you want to be pedantic about it, though there are many ‘spirit of the law’ type people who avoid caffeine entirely.
Correct.
Source: Last Podcast on the Left had an excellent series on mormonism.
Mormons aren’t allowed hot drinks. I wonder if anyone’s made an exception for cold brew.
Hot drinks is the scriptural term, but is officially interpreted as “coffee bean” and “tea leaf”.
So you could have peppermint tea, but not tiramisu.
Are Mormons also against alcohol?
Yeah, no tea either. Guess they get their 8 cups a day.
So, sake served in the proper Japanese way would be double heresy for them