tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409485056752838066.post4394166521466970054..comments2023-09-29T04:26:30.281-07:00Comments on Beyond Mommy: Starbuck's v. Coca-ColaKristen http://www.blogger.com/profile/12553080480161835756noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409485056752838066.post-40761875565450256032008-12-05T20:29:00.000-08:002008-12-05T20:29:00.000-08:00Perhaps you are right. And if you are, then your ...Perhaps you are right. And if you are, then your second assessment also stands true. Excellent use of the word meh, by the way.Kristen https://www.blogger.com/profile/12553080480161835756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409485056752838066.post-21136314471000078982008-12-05T20:08:00.000-08:002008-12-05T20:08:00.000-08:00"But if modern-day prophets still communicate with..."But if modern-day prophets still communicate with the Divine, why haven't they inquired about a culturally appropriate "update" so-to-speak?"<BR/><BR/>Maybe they have, and the answer was, "Meh. Just leave it at coffee and tea."<BR/><BR/>Or maybe it's so we Mormons just have one more belief that is basically indefensible to a non-believer (see also: the church's stance on Prop 8).Bridgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11339936940500165901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409485056752838066.post-16488693608811950322008-12-05T19:40:00.000-08:002008-12-05T19:40:00.000-08:00I understand what you mean as it relates to the co...I understand what you mean as it relates to the context of the original revelation. After all, cola wasn't even introduced until the 1880's. But if modern-day prophets still communicate with the Divine, why haven't they inquired about a culturally appropriate "update" so-to-speak?<BR/><BR/>Thank you for answering thoughtfully and not taking offense to the topic.Kristen https://www.blogger.com/profile/12553080480161835756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409485056752838066.post-37481253709428046502008-12-05T13:04:00.000-08:002008-12-05T13:04:00.000-08:00One more thing - by cultural quirk, I don't mean t...One more thing - by cultural quirk, I don't mean that the Word of Wisdom has no doctrinal significance whatsoever. I believe it is a revelation received by a prophet. I just mean that man has interpreted that particular phrase to mean coffee and tea, and not hot chocolate.Bridgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11339936940500165901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409485056752838066.post-32264798786666126122008-12-05T13:02:00.000-08:002008-12-05T13:02:00.000-08:00Interesting post. I think you asked all the best q...Interesting post. I think you asked all the best questions. Personally, I have chalked up the "hot drinks=coffee and tea" phrase to a cultural quirk, a product of its time. There are other things in the church like that. Things that are the way they are not because they are divinely mandated that way, but because at the time the principle (or whatever) was put in place, cultural norms dictated it so.<BR/><BR/>Personally, I was raised caffeine-less, but only loosely. I think my dad drank Dr. Pepper sometimes (does that have caffeine?) and it was never pointed out to be especially doctrinal. My mom never drank pop anyway.<BR/><BR/>Now, I am not against Coke, etc. Especially since in just about any other country you go to, you're offered coffee, tea, and Coke, in that order. You can only offend people's cultural sensibilities so many times...<BR/><BR/>There's tons more to say but I'm going to go take a nap.Bridgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11339936940500165901noreply@blogger.com