Caffeine is bad for you spiritually

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_schreech
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Re: Caffeine is bad for you spiritually

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Everybody Wang Chung wrote:For the last time, please do not drink caffeine. Do so at your own peril. I have seen too many people start down that dark, lonesome and terrifying road of caffeinated soft drinks, only to end up like THIS.

Please, it's not too late.


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schreech wrote:
CSA wrote:Just because something may prolong your life or make you feel good, doesn't mean that it is really all that good for you.


Ummm...I am pretty sure that is exactly what it means but LOL!....I wish i was cleaver enough to create a sock puppet like you....What does csa stand for?


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Buffalo wrote:Ummm...I am pretty sure that is exactly what it means but LOL!....I wish i was cleaver enough to create a sock puppet like you....What does csa stand for?



Dang it....thanks for documenting my (now corrected) spelling issues...very "cleaver"
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To the OP: I find my "spiritual receptors" were blocked more from the mind-numbing crap spewed at church every week than caffeine. I felt what the church refers to as "the spirit" while drinking coke, alcohol, and also in situations where they claim I shouldn't have felt it.

Perhaps caffeine isn't the problem, and mind-control is...
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You offer no evidence for the assertion – just the assertion. Millions of people drink coffee and never use alcohol or crack or any other drug (in the illegal category).

“Countless lives…” You’ll indulge my skepticism of such a claim. Your association appears to be with a most limited group. No evidence has been established for a causal link of caffeinated beverages with illegal drugs. Show us the evidence of a direct relationship/connection.

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Everybody Wang Chung wrote:Not only does caffeine prohibit the Spirit from communicating with you, but it's also a gateway drug.

Just remember, today's caffeine users are tomorrow's crackheads.


Today’s babies drinking mother’s milk become “tomorrow’s crackheads.”

Hence, one could argue drinking milk leads to becoming a “crackhead.”

The argument is absurd regarding caffeine or milk.

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Lost Mystic wrote:To the OP: I find my "spiritual receptors" were blocked more from the mind-numbing crap spewed at church every week than caffeine. I felt what the church refers to as "the spirit" while drinking coke, alcohol, and also in situations where they claim I shouldn't have felt it.

Perhaps caffeine isn't the problem, and mind-control is...


“Mind control” is an issue in religious dogma.

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There is no question that the brain acts differently when caffeine is ingested. Many claim that they can perform physically better, answer questions or solve problems quicker or even focus better when under the influence of caffeine.

While caffeine rushes blood to the Temporal lobes it does it at the expense of removing and possibly damaging the Frontal lobe. The temporal lobes at full stimulation causes individuals to speak quicker, remember things faster but the frontal lobe may in fact be critical in spirituality.

The frontal lobe is associated with reasoning, planning and emotions which very well may be three major and critical aspects to growing spiritually. I believe the damage being caused by caffeine to the prefrontal cortex can be reversed by withdrawal from these harmful substances. While the Word of Wisdom mentions physical benefits that may happen from following it, I believe the greatest benefits are spiritual.
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To all of you who have already started your dangerous journey down the slippery slope of caffeinated beverages, please remember:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0fkqJ-b1ZM&feature=related
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CSA wrote:There is no question that the brain acts differently when caffeine is ingested. Many claim that they can perform physically better, answer questions or solve problems quicker or even focus better when under the influence of caffeine.

While caffeine rushes blood to the Temporal lobes it does it at the expense of removing and possibly damaging the Frontal lobe. The temporal lobes at full stimulation causes individuals to speak quicker, remember things faster but the frontal lobe may in fact be critical in spirituality.

The frontal lobe is associated with reasoning, planning and emotions which very well may be three major and critical aspects to growing spiritually. I believe the damage being caused by caffeine to the prefrontal cortex can be reversed by withdrawal from these harmful substances. While the Word of Wisdom mentions physical benefits that may happen from following it, I believe the greatest benefits are spiritual.


You're just making crap up here.
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