Green tea

[MarkGrace]

My view is that a lot of it is made up as people go along, and I fully expect that one day I'll kick back a cold one after a good endowment session, and do so in full faith and fellowship.

Now there's a candidate with vision! Make sure this ends up on your platform and I promise to vote for you.

[Soccermom]

Definitely RS president, with a bonus if she learns how to keep her trap shut.

Nothing worse than a RS president who can't keep her trap shut except maybe a bishop's wife. Although, the men in my current ward seem to gossip as much if not more than the women. Go figure.

I'd put YM/Scout leaders up there pretty high on the pay scale. At least give them a stipend so they don't have to use all their vacation days for the campouts.

As for the tea stuff, I share your views nikuman. I remember as a young child, I drank iced tea all the time. My dad wasn't a member of the church and iced tea was a staple in our home. I went to church by myself and remember around the age of 10 getting a lesson on the WoW and being told iced tea was not all right. So, I gave it up. To this day, I still crave it when I see it being served.

[falafel]

First, caffeinated soda.....skip it. And by "skip it," I'm not suggesting, I am threatening.

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Third, missions are cool. You don't have to go if you don't want to go. Girls, stop being stuck up about dating guys that didn't go on missions. Guys, get over yourself...most of you are not good enough at your sport to go pro, so you you might as well go on a mission.

Alright, let's have a closing prayer and get out of here!"

The juxtaposition of these two acts by Prophet DDD is confusing to me as a member. I'm voting for Nikuman, with MarkGrace as his 1st Counselor. Now if they can just get a modern day J. Golden to swear from the pulpit as the 2nd Counselor, we'd all be set.

[RobinFinderson]

BTW, if people are running for prophet, count me in. 'Prophet' or 'Apostle' are the only two callings awesome enough to get me to consider rejoining. I would totally be an 'Apostle' to you guys. I would treat you really nice, and I would totally change the church and make it kick major ass.

[Gidget]

I visited the Hare Krishna temple in SF last weekend. They had a very long and persuasive list of quotes from earlier LDS church leaders on how important it is to eat meat sparingly or not at all.

I wish Surfah would back me up on this. I am not saying he has to stop eating meat, which would be impossible in his family. But I rarely feel like eating it (beef, pork, or even chicken). He just gets pissed off at me. I don't do this to follow the word of wisdom, but there has to be some reason they said this right? - maybe because meat was harder to come by and to store??? I dunno.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I wish Surfah would back me up on this. I am not saying he has to stop eating meat, which would be impossible in his family. But I rarely feel like eating it (beef, pork, or even chicken). He just gets pissed off at me. I don't do this to follow the word of wisdom, but there has to be some reason they said this right? - maybe because meat was harder to come by and to store??? I dunno.

The manner in which you frame that question implies that there must have been some reason that is no longer valid. Maybe it is still valid, but we (including our leaders) simply choose to ignore it. Or maybe we choose to observe that part of the WoW in the spirit of the original revelation: friendly counsel.

My wife also rarely eats meat. (no jokes please)

[TripletDaddy]

The manner in which you frame that question implies that there must have been some reason that is no longer valid.

hence not drinking any tea...herbal or otherwise.

[RobinFinderson]

hence not drinking any tea...herbal or otherwise.

So if someone makes a delicious beverage that mixes water and plant ingredients, and he calls it Tasty T.'s Tasty Juice, it is ok to drink that.

But, if Tasty T.'s realizes that he can sell twice the beverage by renaming his product Tasty T.'s Tasty Tea, all of a sudden the exact same beverage is WOW verboten.

Question DDD, why do you let Tasty T. define for you your religious observation when Tasty T. is a known anti-Mormon?

[TripletDaddy]

So if someone makes a delicious beverage that mixes water and plant ingredients, and he calls it Tasty T.'s Tasty Juice, it is ok to drink that.

But, if Tasty T.'s realizes that he can sell twice the beverage by renaming his product Tasty T.'s Tasty Tea, all of a sudden the exact same beverage is WOW verboten.

Question DDD, why do you let Tasty T. define for you your religious observation when Tasty T. is a known anti-Mormon?

My question would simply be, "is Tasty T's Juice" coffee or tea? If so, I will pass. If not, I will probably still pass because it has sugar and I don't drink my calories anymore.

[RobinFinderson]

My question would simply be, "is Tasty T's Juice" coffee or tea? If so, I will pass. If not, I will probably still pass because it has sugar and I don't drink my calories anymore.

Tasty T's beverage is sugar-free berries steeped in hot water that have then been chilled. Some people might choose to call this delicious sugar-free beverage 'juice' or 'tea,' but Tasty T's decision to call it either one is based only on projected sales, and has nothing to do with Mr. Tasty's opinion on what the beverage actually is. Since this is a hypothetical scenario, please assume that you have tasted the pre-tea Tasty T's Tasty tea, and you thought it was delish.

Now again, why are you letting Tasty T's beverage marketing campaign determine your religious observation?

[TripletDaddy]

Tasty T's beverage is sugar-free berries steeped in hot water that have then been chilled. Some people might choose to call this delicious sugar-free beverage 'juice' or 'tea,' but Tasty T's decision to call it either one is based only on projected sales, and has nothing to do with Mr. Tasty's opinion on what the beverage actually is. Since this is a hypothetical scenario, please assume that you have tasted the pre-tea Tasty T's Tasty tea, and you thought it was delish.

In that case, I will stick with the pre-tea iteration, as there seems to be no ambiguity there. if there is some ambiguity, I will pass. Also, apparently I found it to be tasty, so why switch?

[Viking]

The manner in which you frame that question implies that there must have been some reason that is no longer valid. Maybe it is still valid, but we (including our leaders) simply choose to ignore it. Or maybe we choose to observe that part of the WoW in the spirit of the original revelation: friendly counsel.

My wife also rarely eats meat. (no jokes please)

There's nothing funny about that. I'm sorry.

[RobinFinderson]

In that case, I will stick with the pre-tea iteration, as there seems to be no ambiguity there. if there is some ambiguity, I will pass. Also, apparently I found it to be tasty, so why switch?

The reason to switch is because Tasty T's Tasty Juice is now only available in Utah. Tasty T's Tasty Tea is an identical product (stated as much on Mr. Tasty's official beverage web site, and a point he has made in numerous tweets to his LDS fans), but only the tealess 'tea' is available in CA.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

BTW, if people are running for prophet, count me in. 'Prophet' or 'Apostle' are the only two callings awesome enough to get me to consider rejoining. I would totally be an 'Apostle' to you guys. I would treat you really nice, and I would totally change the church and make it kick major ass.

What ticket are you on? DDD? MarkGrace? Nikuman/MarkGrace? Also way to go Gracie, nothing like running against yourself!

[wuapinmon]

To this day, I still crave it when I see it being served.

I haven't had any tea since early 1991, but if I smell it, my mouth will still water. A cold iced tea with a Mrs. Winner's chicken biscuit was one of my favorite snacks after football practice. When I was a missionary we spouted some BS about tea having "más de treinta químicos diferentes," and I would always think, "Yes, delicious, delicious chemicals."