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Why Cheetos Are Unworthy of a Latter-day Saint
Cheetos might not be brewed in a distillery or rolled into paper like a cigarette, but that’s not the point. When you examine what Cheetos are made of, why they were designed, and what they do to the body and mind, it becomes painfully clear that they fall squarely into the category warned about in the Word of Wisdom: a product born of “evils and designs… in the hearts of conspiring men.”

Let’s break that down:

1. Engineered to Be Addictive

2. Destroys Mental Clarity

3. Created by Conspiring Men for Profit, Not Nourishment

4. They Numb Us Spiritually Just Like Alcohol or Tobacco Can

While it might be worth sending a note to your Primary president to request that Cheetos and the list of other offenders (that’s a long list) be given to your kids, there may be other ways to more diplomatically keep your family and kids away from snacks that are unworthy of consumption.

The real-life Montañez is a devout Christian, and his faith is woven throughout the film. Prayer is a central part of his life, sustaining him amid desperate circumstances and giving him courage in the face of obstacles. In one scene, he prays in desperation for God to rescue him from his bleak circumstances.

Flamin' Hot Cheetos are today a billion-dollar brand, but that was never Montañez's goal. Rather, he wanted to save the struggling Frito-Lay company and the jobs of his peers: "He wasn't even trying to be great. He was just trying to serve. So my hope is that people watch this film and they say, 'Wow, I can serve, too. I can do that," Franklin said.

"We all need help to do what it is we're called to do," Franklin said. "And there's no journey in this life that God has given us that we can only do by ourselves.

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Sun May 25, 2025 11:15 pm

My second favorite Mormon Patheos channel (Ye Shall Prosper In The Land) just dropped another crazy article. This time it's about how the path to discipleship just might actually start by resisting the siren song of Cheetos.

In what is sure to incur the Afore's impotent rage, the author argues that Cheetos are engineered by “conspiring men” whose sole mission is to hijack your brain’s pleasure circuits and your free agency, all for profit. Forget about alcohol and tobacco, the real villain is the bag of Cheetos in the snack aisle at Walmart. The article claims these snacks fry your brain, fog your spiritual senses, and generally make you less patient, less focused, and possibly less able to tell your kids not to eat Cheetos.

Here are some excerpts from the article, Should Latter-day-Saints Eat Cheetos.

Why Cheetos Are Unworthy of a Latter-day Saint
Cheetos might not be brewed in a distillery or rolled into paper like a cigarette, but that’s not the point. When you examine what Cheetos are made of, why they were designed, and what they do to the body and mind, it becomes painfully clear that they fall squarely into the category warned about in the Word of Wisdom: a product born of “evils and designs… in the hearts of conspiring men.”

Let’s break that down:

1. Engineered to Be Addictive

2. Destroys Mental Clarity

3. Created by Conspiring Men for Profit, Not Nourishment

4. They Numb Us Spiritually Just Like Alcohol or Tobacco Can

While it might be worth sending a note to your Primary president to request that Cheetos and the list of other offenders (that’s a long list) be given to your kids, there may be other ways to more diplomatically keep your family and kids away from snacks that are unworthy of consumption.

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/yeshallpr ... t-cheetos/