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I don't think chewing gum in sacrament is acceptable, We must show reverence in the chapel and must not eat in it also. To me, I find people who are chewing gum are being rude to the LORD.

Meeting Sacrament Chewing Gum

How are they rude to the Lord? Do you mind to expand on this particular point? Thanks.

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Chewing gum rude to the Lord? How? What about someone napping, reading, updating their Palm, or anything else where the mind and heart are somewhere else. There are many things members do during church that show irreverence. Chewing gum is not one of them. If someone chewing gum bothers you, maybe you should check where your mind is at during meetings.

Edited: Tazz on 24th Mar, 2008 - 12:06pm

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One wrong done by someone else does not make one that you are doing right, do not even get me started.

Meeting Sacrament Chewing Gum

I just find it rude, it doesn't bother me much. But I prefer no gum chewing in the chapel, you cant just eat in the chapel.

Gum Chewing In Sacrament Meeting

In the eternal scheme of things this is a small incidental issue, that has nothing to do with right or wrong.

I consider this as one of those cultural commandments that people have created, that is Mote. There are plenty of Beams out there keeping us from fully enjoying full fellowship with the Lord, to worry about what others are doing in church.


See Matthew 7:3-5

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Name: Mauricio

Comments: President Joseph Fielding Smith said that even chewing gum in sacrament was considered irreverent, he also stated that whispering was irreverent. Sacrament meeting is the closest we can get to the temple when we renew our covenants by taking the sacrament. I found the answer to this question in a Book of Mormon manual I have at home.

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If you want a discussion of things that are irreverent during Sacrament then how about:
Cell phones! Before movies start, they tell people to "please be courteous to others, and turn off your cell phone." Let's do this at Sacrament as well. I"ve been to too many Sacrament services where a cell phone rings, even during the passing of the Sacrament. I think this is sad.
Crying babies, or other disruptive children, if you have a disruptive child, then bring him/her out of the service until they calm down.