“Now, please tell me how abstaining from drinking tea (and judging others who do)”
See, this is an example of... something. I haven’t figured out the precise word for it. It appears to me to be a cross between envy and an inferiority complex.
How do we judge you for drinking tea? Just because I choose not to does not mean I look down on you for doing so. Drink all the tea in China, if you want. I don’t care.
But why do you view it as judgmentalism when I don’t? Maybe it’s a Utah thing, I don’t know. But it’s almost like you’re rooting for me and my fellow Mormons to fail. And if we don’t, well, then we’re judging you.
I just don’t get it. Live your live according to the dictates of your own conscience. I don’t understand when you condemn me as judgmental when I do the same.
I tell you, you’ve got to experience Mormons outside of Utah. It’s a whole different perspective.
As for your question, God gifted us a physical body, and we are stewards of it. Many teas are unhealthy for the body, so they are proscribed. By treating our bodies correctly, we demonstrate gratitude to the Giver.
UMMMMmmmmmyou aren’t worthy if you drink tea. Who is it that judges this?