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I was never a coffee drinker so my conversionto the church was easy. Then I realized through a Stake president in a an interview that he did not drink any kind of sodas. I realized he meant Colas. This of course did not stop me from drinking cola drinks. Now that I am a temple goer. I drink a coke once in a while. I believe I should totally give it up but I can't.
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paintingblue said:

What do you exactly mean by you "can't"? If you are talking about an addiction to Cola drinks then it's the best reason to stop drinking it, don't you think?

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I guess I can give up coke. I choose not to yet. I am working on it though. I went from one a day to once a week.
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You don't have to give it up, you live in the US where they have the caffeine free version, did you try it? I did when I lived in the US and taste just the same as regular Coke.

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LeGrand Richards, a former apostle, in his book A Marvelous Work And A Wonder references to John and Leah Widtsoe's book, The Word of Wisdom: A Modern Interpretation, Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, rev. ed., 1950, pp.79-80, which reads as follows:

From this, it is my opinion that any consumption of caffeine in any form is violation of the Word of Wisdom, and also that the prohibition of tea and coffee is due mainly to the presence of caffeine in it.

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Coke Cola - I can't stop drinking it?

How do you reach such conclusion? If we carefully analyze the Word of Wisdom it talks about hot drinks (as we know it means tea and coffee as revealed to the Prophet) nevertheless it was never mentioned the issue of "caffeine" (as the statement you quoted it mentions a pretty recent discovery about the harmful substance found in tea and coffee known as caffeine) So it seems to me that decaf coffee seems to be also against the word of wisdom? Since the prohibition talks about coffee.

Not trying to be technical here but trying to state that partaking of tea and coffee indeed break the Word of Wisdom because the law is very specific about it, but partaking of Chocolate or even Coke violates the spirit of the Word of Wisdom which means you still able to hold a Temple Recommend even though you are partaking of these things.

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I agree with that, and I'll say that I might have been a bit broad in my assessment. Caffeine, however, as a habit-forming, addictive drug that takes away your agency, is in my opinion a violation of the Word of Wisdom, or at least a violation of the spirit of the Word of Wisdom, given it not being officially prohibited. Such was my opinion of the reason of why coffee and tea was prohibited. There may be more to that reason, but anything that takes away your agency is in my opinion bad and should be avoided.

Rather off topic, but... (Thank you for fixing my tags, between.)

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Going back to the issue of Coke, I know many leaders who are quite addictive to Coke. It amazes me that they try to quit drinking it but they say they just "can't". Of course, I don't believe in the word "can't" . Personally I don't drink Coke because the Prophets have spoken against cola drinks and I try to teach my kids to abstain from it.