Stormy Waters wrote:ldsfaqs wrote:That has ALWAYS been the teaching..... and Doctrine.
Some members and wards simply try to follow the "spirit" of the law also, not simply the letter since we all know that Caffeine isn't that good for you.
The "rumor mill" and "traditions" have NEVER been Church Doctrine or Teachings.
That's a key principle that ESPECIALLY you anti-mormons need to remember. Of course, to be fair some Mormons need to pay more attention also. But, that's life. Hate doesn't motivate their honest mistakes.
The reality is that the teaching has been anything but clear. Consider the edit made by the Newsroom. Why did it happen? Because the people at the Newsroom aren't quite clear on the official stance on the topic. So how could the members be clear on it? I've heard plenty of members state that caffeine is against the word of wisdom. So why hasn't the church clarified until now? It's like they didn't care that 'false doctrine' was being propagated until a member a member repeated it to the news media.
Actually the original teaching was to avoid 'strong drink' but mild barley drinks were okay. Nothing about alcohol.
It was also okay to use wine for the Sacrament. So that's another change.
Hot drinks were hot drinks. Now hot drinks are just tea and coffee but were not sure about green tea or decaffeinated. Other hot drinks are now fine.
Even Hinckley was confused on the subject.
One can say lots of things about the word of wisdom doctrine, but the one thing you can't say is that it hasn't changed.