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From: My own level of hell
Originally Posted by Tirod
http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/mormon.asp
"Though we hate to ruin a good bit of lore with the facts, the truth is that although Mormons have been advised by church leaders to avoid caffeinated beverages, this suggestion has not been passed down as official church doctrine to which all members in good standing must adhere (unlike, say, the admonitions against coffee, tea, tobacco and alcohol, which are church doctrine). Mormons can swill Coca-Cola, eschew it and all other caffeinated beverages, or indulge in the occasional Coke and still be considered churchgoers in good standing."
"Though we hate to ruin a good bit of lore with the facts, the truth is that although Mormons have been advised by church leaders to avoid caffeinated beverages, this suggestion has not been passed down as official church doctrine to which all members in good standing must adhere (unlike, say, the admonitions against coffee, tea, tobacco and alcohol, which are church doctrine). Mormons can swill Coca-Cola, eschew it and all other caffeinated beverages, or indulge in the occasional Coke and still be considered churchgoers in good standing."
Interesting.
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From: My own level of hell
Originally Posted by George Knighton
Is anybody else old enough to remember when Baptists couldn't dance?
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From: Portland, OR
Originally Posted by Tirod
how about this, instead of looking for the antimormon sites and pasting the content here as your own belief, and then me having to do the same with anti-antimormon sites... you give us your personal thoughts on things and we'll go from there...
you can go all over the internet and find antimormon content and refutements... until you realize that finding that anti stuff doesnt make it legit, and see for yourself the real side of the church and its teachings.... pls, quit the childlike bashing and hating..
whatever you bring, ill hit you back
you can go all over the internet and find antimormon content and refutements... until you realize that finding that anti stuff doesnt make it legit, and see for yourself the real side of the church and its teachings.... pls, quit the childlike bashing and hating..
whatever you bring, ill hit you back
my research is based off of searching on the internet, and finding what I needed to know. I didn't research specifically anti-mormon sites. I searched the background of mormonism, and its ideas, etc, and found a lot of what I posted. I disagree with a lot of the crap that mormonism stands for.
And frankly I don't want to see for myself the "real side of the church", because I can guarantee that you don't know HALF of what goes on in the church that you so whole heartedly believe in. You're seeing what you want to see, its rather obvious by now.
And stop with this "I'm better than you
" bullshit. Your high and mighty act is too entirely old.
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Originally Posted by RB
my research is based off of searching on the internet, and finding what I needed to know. I didn't research specifically anti-mormon sites. I searched the background of mormonism, and its ideas, etc, and found a lot of what I posted. I disagree with a lot of the crap that mormonism stands for.
And frankly I don't want to see for myself the "real side of the church", because I can guarantee that you don't know HALF of what goes on in the church that you so whole heartedly believe in. You're seeing what you want to see, its rather obvious by now.
And stop with this "I'm better than you" bullshit. Your high and mighty act is too entirely old.
And frankly I don't want to see for myself the "real side of the church", because I can guarantee that you don't know HALF of what goes on in the church that you so whole heartedly believe in. You're seeing what you want to see, its rather obvious by now.
And stop with this "I'm better than you
" bullshit. Your high and mighty act is too entirely old.i know exactly the site you got your info from, and the only search that would lead to that would contain the term "cult"...
this thread was not meant to go the direction it has, but since you persist to attack, ill persist in my defense.
i urge you with all my heart to find legitement[sp] information about the history and teachings of the church, what you'll discover is thruth behind the scripture, "By their fruits, ye shall know them"
and please, lets remain peaceful in our replies... and i apologize for any personal "name calling" replies from myself on page2...
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From: Portland, OR
Originally Posted by Tirod
im simply refuting your attacks... and the proper practicing members of the church are very much aware of everything that goes on within the church...
i know exactly the site you got your info from, and the only search that would lead to that would contain the term "cult"...
this thread was not meant to go the direction it has, but since you persist to attack, ill persist in my defense.
i urge you with all my heart to find legitement[sp] information about the history and teachings of the church, what you'll discover is thruth behind the scripture, "By their fruits, ye shall know them"
and please, lets remain peaceful in our replies... and i apologize for any personal "name calling" replies from myself on page2...
i know exactly the site you got your info from, and the only search that would lead to that would contain the term "cult"...
this thread was not meant to go the direction it has, but since you persist to attack, ill persist in my defense.
i urge you with all my heart to find legitement[sp] information about the history and teachings of the church, what you'll discover is thruth behind the scripture, "By their fruits, ye shall know them"
and please, lets remain peaceful in our replies... and i apologize for any personal "name calling" replies from myself on page2...
well its obvious that we are getting no where, because neither of us are going to change our minds. And for the record, the sources I quoted are from a "cult" search site, but again, I have done extensive research on mormonism as a whole and have come across similar information.
How about we just agree to disagree...
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Originally Posted by RB
well its obvious that we are getting no where, because neither of us are going to change our minds. And for the record, the sources I quoted are from a "cult" search site, but again, I have done extensive research on mormonism as a whole and have come across similar information.
How about we just agree to disagree...
How about we just agree to disagree...
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From: Virginia (Besieged)
Originally Posted by RB
How about we just agree to disagree...
I hope you don't mind my saying that a few of us watching this thread wondered why you hadn't already reached that conclusion.
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From: Portland, OR
Originally Posted by George Knighton
:eek3:
I hope you don't mind my saying that a few of us watching this thread wondered why you hadn't already reached that conclusion.
I hope you don't mind my saying that a few of us watching this thread wondered why you hadn't already reached that conclusion.
well the few of you that wonder that obviously haven't been on HAN long enough to know that I will argue until my face turns blue :chuckles:
But at this point I've realized that there is no REAL answer (well, that we know of atleast) as far as religion goes so I'm just going to let him believe what he wants and hopefully vice-versa.