Comments on: Difficult Answers

By: annegb

annegb — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 03:47:20 +0000

I mean, geez, I don’t ask other people those types of questions about their religions. Why do we owe others an explanation? Why are we the only ones who feel like we need to be understood.

A Jew might just say “bite me.” A Muslim might kill you.

Actually, none of my friends have asked me stuff like that. We respect each other.

By: annegb

annegb — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 03:39:37 +0000

If somebody asked me those questions in that rude tone, I’d tell them to mind their own business and go away.

If they asked me nice, I might still tell them to mind their own business.

By: john cline

john cline — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 22:21:51 +0000

I know this is an old post, but who cares.

I’ve seen herbal tea sold at the Washington D.C. Temple cafeteria.

Also, type “herbal tea” into the search option at LDS.org. There are a few talks that will pop up in which the speaker admits to drinking it as if everybody does.

As I understand it, tea made with the actual tea leaf (there is a difference) is what is banned. Tea Leaf, otherwise known as camellia sinensis, is found in black, white, green, earl grey, darjeeling, etc…teas. Other types of tea, such as herbal teas, are fine in that they don’t contain that tea leaf.

But, to really screw things up, I served a mission in Japan. We were forbidden to drink Green Tea. My brother served in Korea. He was permitted to drink it. Who knows?

Personnally, I find Rooibus tea, or red tea, from South Africa to be really nice.

By: Justin H

Justin H — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 05:46:00 +0000

True, J. But if you leave a wedge of lemon or (even better) lime in Coke, the resulting concoction becomes even more delicious!! :-)

By: J. Stapley

J. Stapley — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 20:25:33 +0000

For the record: If you leave a nail in Coke it will not disolve.

By: J. Stapley

J. Stapley — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 20:24:44 +0000

For the record: If you leave a nail in Coke it will not disolve.

By: Susan M

Susan M — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 06:31:09 +0000

I grew up not drinking coke because my dad said it’d ruin my teeth. He’d tell me how if you left a nail in a glass of coke it’d disintegrate. He was also very anti-smoking and anti-alcohol. And not Mormon.

Once when I was a kid and we visited my grandma, who was a 7th Day Adventist, she offered me coke and I didn’t turn it down. I felt guilty for years for drinking that coke.

And it does taste gross. Just like coffee and alcohol and cigarettes do.

By: S Hancock

S Hancock — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 02:16:34 +0000

“The local congregation of Zoramites went to the administration and “Kent’s Caffeine” was summarily shut down.”
I don’t know what the BYU policy on caffiene is or who is responsible for it, but getting shut down would ahve happened without the caffiene. Universities are notorious for guaranteeing on-campus monopolies on food in return for price breaks, etc. You usually can’t even do a bake sale on most campuses unless you buy the cookies from their vendor. Also, allowing members to run a for profit venture on church property is a big tax nightmare, and the library is also probably off-limits to food and drink in the first place. My point? are you absolutely sure caffiene was a relevant issue here, or is this a red herring?

By: Bret

Bret — Sat, 18 Jun 2005 11:44:07 +0000

Rusty,
My body NEEDS sugar though. It does not need caffiene in the least.
Oh and I actually DID give up sucrose for a while to help my asthma but it didn’t work.
Justin H and John C,
I’m sorry you seem to think so. I guess I also could get to like something that used to have something as addictive as cocaine in it!>:)

By: John C.

John C. — Sat, 18 Jun 2005 01:48:17 +0000

Bret,
I am sorry to say that because of your clearly insane ramblings regarding the taste of Coke, I can now officially never respect anything that you say. You are clearly a nutter. ;)