[CatherineofAragon]

"When I was Mormon I was told it was either no caffine at ALL, or no coffee or tea at all (including decaf). I went the no caffine route, and only drank 7up or caffine free Pepsi (yuk). However, I got chastised a lot for drinking herbal tea (which has no tea in it) and a few of these people drank Jolt cola and Mt. Dew like there was no tomorrow"

So as long as they didn't drink coffee or tea, they could have soft drinks with caffeine? What was the reasoning behind that?

[reaganaut]

So as long as they didn’t drink coffee or tea, they could have soft drinks with caffeine? What was the reasoning behind that?

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Some believed they could and some, like me, believed they couldn’t. The Word of Wisdom revelation, which wasn’t even cannonized until the 1880’s, only says ‘hot drinks’, but many equated that with coffee and tea, but Hot Chocolate and Postum were ok. Go figure.

However, most LDS I know avoid coffee and tea and not caffinated sodas. The rumor is that the change came about with the rise of amount of Coca Cola stock owned by LDS inc, but I haven’t really seen it that way.

[Elsie]

What was the reasoning behind that?

Everett McGill: Pete - it's a fool that looks for logic in the chambers of the human heart.

Elsie: Especially a MORMON one!