Episode #135 – Provo Coke Dealers
Do It for Geoff’s Birthday
Mitt Romney is now the Republican Presidential nominee. At the Tampa convention, innocent old people touted Mitt’s spiritual awesomeness. Awesome for the Church or using Church callings for political gain?
On a similar note, Romney’s ward in New Hampshire, near Lake Winnipesaukee, spent a fast and testimony meeting testifying of him as a candidate and what he has done for the Church. Why bother testifying of Christ and the Atonement when Mitt Romney is there?
FINALLY – the Church dispels the notion that caffeine in and of itself is prohibited under the Word of Wisdom. Geoff will be starting a cottage industry selling Coke to innocent BYU students and Provo residents.
Don’t convert exchange students. Just stop it. Or at least let them get baptized once back in their homeland.
Some smaller bits – Larry Wilmore does a special on Mormonism in Salt Lake City; a BYU student is either a diabolical genius capable of sliding innuendo under the radar in the Daily Universe, or she is just dumb.
- Drink your Coke. Just don’t get addicted to caffeine.
- Devious plans to sell Coke in Provo
- I know that Mitt Romney is true.
- Mormons are politically neutral
- Leave exchange students alone
- Larry Wilmore in Salt Lake
- Marriage isn’t just a happy ending
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I attempted to comment on zarahemlatimes, but I posed as Mitt Romney. I somehow think my comment will not be approved. I noticed no other comments are appearing either. Don't you hate sites that make you wait for admin approval before your comment appears? . . . Oh wait.
This is for Geoff-
It seems that this a very exciting time for the Church in the Barcelona Mission. The ldschurchgrowth blog and commenters report that in November stakes will created in Lleida and Cartagena, from the Hospitalet and Elche stakes respectively. ¡Asombroso es!
Whaa??? I see the post about Cartagena being a stake (AWESOME. Best place in that whole mission, even if Cartagena is now part of the Malaga Mission). Don't see anything about Lleida, though. I wonder what the makeup of a Lleida stake would be, other than possibly dissolving the Zaragoza district, making those two branches wards in a Lleida stake, and then roping in maybe Tarragona and Vilafranca?
Or they could be hacking off Sabadell and Terrassa, both of which have grown a lot in recent years. I'm definitely curious about this.
http://www.cumorah.com/index.php?target=view_othe…
This is the link to Spain stake and ward maps.
I think you guys are wrong about caffeine. No one ever claimed that D&C 89 prohibits caffeinated beverages, however, the official church doctrine is that caffeinated beverages are to be avoided. The D&C Institute manual states:
"What about cola drinks, kava, some health or sports drinks, or other drinks containing stimulants? An official statement by the Church’s leaders reads: “With reference to cola drinks, the Church has never officially taken a position on this matter, but the leaders of the Church have advised, and we do now specifically advise, against the use of any drink containing harmful habit-forming drugs under circumstances that would result in acquiring the habit. Any beverage that contains ingredients harmful to the body should be avoided.”
LDS manuals, including the institute manuals are approved by the church doctrine committee before they are printed. Thus, a statement in a church manual constitutes church doctrine unless it is specifically changed by a subsequent manual. A statement to the media clarifying the contents of the Doctrine and Covenants is not sufficient to change church doctrine. I think we can all agree that caffeine is a habit forming substance and that beverages containing this substance should be avoided.
"Any beverage that contains ingredients harmful to the body should be avoided.”
Agreed. That is why I will continue to proclaim that sprite and root beer consumption also goes against the Word of Wisdom. Clearly its massive amount of sugar and enamel destroying carbonation is harmful to the body.