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11. Do you keep the Word of Wisdom?
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11. Do you understand and obey the Word of Wisdom?
The Church has now made it the members responsibility to understand what the Word Of Wisdom means and if you don't know what it means you can't have a temple recommend. How the heck am I supposed to understand the Word Of Wisdom when the Church doesn't sufficiently explain it?
Here's the Church's current explanation...
What the Word of Wisdom is not
President Boyd K. Packer (1924–2015), President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, taught us what the Word of Wisdom is not:
A guarantee that you will always be healthy.
“The Word of Wisdom does not promise you perfect health, but it teaches how to keep the body you were born with in the best condition and your mind alert to delicate spiritual promptings.”
A comprehensive list.
“There are many habit-forming, addictive things that one can drink or chew or inhale or inject which injure both body and spirit which are not mentioned in the revelation.”
An excuse to be obsessive.
“Learn to use moderation and common sense in matters of health and nutrition, and particularly in medication. Avoid being extreme or fanatical or becoming a faddist”1 (a faddist is someone who follows every trend).
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/stu ... t?lang=eng
Avoid: Alcoholic drinks, Tobacco, Tea and coffee, Meat (just not too much), Anything harmful or addictive
Enjoy: Fruits, Vegetables, Meat (just not too much), Grains
The guidance to enjoy meat (just not too much), is not what the scripture says.
And as for not promising perfect health, the promise is very comprehensive and applicable to "all" members who live it.
18 And all saints who remember to keep and do these sayings, walking in obedience to the commandments, shall receive health in their navel and marrow to their bones;
19 And shall find wisdom and great treasures of knowledge, even hidden treasures;
20 And shall run and not be weary, and shall walk and not faint.
21 And I, the Lord, give unto them a promise, that the destroying angel shall pass by them, as the children of Israel, and not slay them. Amen.
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/stu ... t?lang=eng
Is drinking sugar-laden Soda against the Word Of Wisdom, or not?