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Category: Word of Wisdom

Unrighteous Dominion and Coca-Cola

Holly, September 14, 2012September 14, 2012

A link with the headline BYU caffeine movementfizzles has been appearing in my Facebook feed. Apparently there was a facebook page calling for caffeinated versions of sodas to be sold at BYU, but its creator shut it down because it generated “heated opinions on both sides” as well as “general…

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news roundup – Mitt’s coffee; more openish books; weird birthday bashes

profxm, August 26, 2012

I’ve been out of town hiking in the Rockies without internet access and now that I’m back and going through my backlog of news, a bunch of interesting stories have grabbed my attention. First, there’s news that Mitt Romney is fine with coffee-flavored ice cream. I’ve seen lengthy debates over…

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Drinking Coke

aerin64, May 26, 2010January 15, 2011

We’ve discussed before how difficult it is to determine official mormon doctrine. Policies and guidelines seem to change with the generations, with geographical area or with personal revelation. I’ve heard from two different sources that someone very high up in mormon priesthood and corporate leadership drinks coke on a regular…

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  1. chanson on Thanks Gloria!September 20, 2026

    @Donna -- I wouldn't say you were one of the "dumb girls". You were a young starry-eyed convert who thought…

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    @Holly -- yes, I have absolutely felt that parallel in my life. I was fortunate enough to be able to…

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    You're no doubt right. Living in Trump's America right now feels to me the way I felt about the church…

  4. Donna Banta on Thanks Gloria!September 15, 2026

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