Latte Day Saints

Awhile back the missionaries and I were teaching a man about the Word of Wisdom. The missionaries explained D & C 89 to him and soon after they asked him:

Will you strive to follow and live the Word of Wisdom?

I can remember the first time I was asked this question (11 years ago). My reaction was:

Well, I don’t smoke and I do drink a bit but what is it about coffee and tea?

I was given many different answers throughout the years about coffee and tea which include:

• It’s the caffeine that’s bad for you.
• It’s the tannic acid that’s in the hot drinks.
• Or it’s any tea derived from a leaf that is not good for the body.

But I was never told the restrictions are the least of Section 89 of the D & C.

Today I found this link titled: The Word of Wisdom: the Forgotten Verses. When we are told what not to do and what to do is left out of the discussions, the concept in totality are lost by way of omission or I am totally incorrect. You be the judge.

Jamie Trwth

True story. I let my son watch the Backyardigans one morning. They were having a Tea Party. I started to wonder. Is this a harmless Tea Party. I told myself yes. Why boycott a children’s program just because they are having a Tea Party. Have we as Mormons gone too far if we don’t let our children watch programs that feature Tea Parties?

Jamie Trwth

Sometimes we make the things we call evil or of the devil. Someone once told me.

People are going to be surprised when they find out that the devil didn’t do all that we give him credit for.

Jamie Trwth

Jamie Trwth

The Word of Wisdom forbids Mormons to use “hot drinks” (interpreted to be coffee and tea). Although Joseph Smith Jr. found the Golden Plates on the Hill Cumorah in upstate New York, there are many who believe this is not the Hill Cumorah as stated in the Book of Mormon.

It is a highly publicized contention that Tabasco, Mexico is where the real Hill is located. The coffee industry in Mexico employs over 3 million people and is the worlds second largest traded commodity. Seeing that coffee is a giant industry in the very land that the “Real” Hill Cumorah is located, I see it only fitting that the church change their official drink from Hot Coco to Coffee. “The Official Native Drink of our Mother Land”

Jamie Trwth