Comments on: The ‘Word of Wisdom Exception’ Game

By: Simon Loy

Simon Loy — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 02:05:40 +0000

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By: MCQ

MCQ — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 06:17:26 +0000

Whitney, FWIW, it looks to me like chai is merely the hindi word for tea. Its base is black tea, just like any other tea derived from the normal tea plant. See here.

By: Whitney

Whitney — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:01:25 +0000

Hello,
I’m confused about chai tea? I’ve been in Iraq over the last year and have been served Chai tea the whole time I’ve been here. I served in Uruguay on my mission and the members always drank mate, however, as missionaries in Uruguay we weren’t allowed to drink it. I know missionaries from other missions who were allowed to drink it, on top of that almost all of the members seemed to drink it. I figured that chai tea was similar so I have been drinking it but wonder if it’s ok to drink chai tea. I’ve seen a lot of mixed reviews on the subject, also, I’ve been sick and it has seemed to somewhat remedy my cold, I don’t know if that falls under the time and season part of the Word of Wisdom and I noticed that chai was not listed under the tea list, if I could get any kind of straight forward answer I would appreciate it. :)

By: Nine Moons » Blog Archive : When Explaining It is More Difficult than Living It » When Explaining It is More Difficult than Living It

Tue, 17 Oct 2006 21:50:17 +0000

[...] In the comments of my Word of Wisdom Exception Game post Amira says that explaining the Word of Wisdom is the “worst part” for her. In other words she feels like having to explain to her friends/co-workers/non-member family why we have/live the Word of Wisdom is more difficult than actually living it. [...]

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 17:22:22 +0000

If alcoholic content is what makes a drink mild or strong, then beer at only 4–5% is by far a mild drink.

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 17:06:23 +0000

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Hmmm…I sense a pattern.

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 18:03:44 +0000

All of you who like the smell of pipe tobacco never spent six weeks teaching a Japanese man who wore the same tweed jacket the entire time, never sent it to the cleaners, and smoked his pipe almost incessantly.

I can still remember the smell of that stale pipe tobacco in his jacket, and it still makes me sick.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 16:00:57 +0000

Oh yeah, I forgot to add what I would choose.

Cigars, Beer, Latte, and Mushrooms (the only drug that has limited harmful effects, unless you accidently eat the ones that kill you, and I don’t think it shows up on my work-related drug-tests)

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 15:57:39 +0000

Here’s a few questions I have:

So if Jesus drank wine, and we’re allowed to use it for “offering up our sacraments,” why do you think it’s “not meet for the body?” Besides the fact that we’re told so in the WOW.

What is your opinion of non-alchoholic beer? (I love the taste of beer, and have missed it since joining the church.)

Someone implied earlier that green tea was not allowed and was a deal-breaker for baptism is Japan. Who’s interpretation is this? I drink green and herbal tea often. I haven’t seen anything against it.

By: meems

meems — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 01:44:44 +0000

Susan, I kind of agree that coffee can trick you. I used to looove the smell of coffee, and then during my second pregnancy, I could only detect this underlying acrid bitter smell that had been lurking there. To this day, I can detect this hidden stinky coffee smell.

Chocolate on the other hand…. never smelled a chocolate I didn’t like.

On a side note, when we lived in Japan, we’d occasionally get a can of root beer. When we would share it with the Japanese kids they’d positively get this horror look on their faces and yell, “Yuck! This stuff tastes like medicine!!” I think taste is just what you are culturally accustomed to (in reference of Cola tasting good or bad).