Recruiting Football Talk VIII

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SoilVol said:
As I understand they can have sodas, including coke. That its not the caffeine but the tannins in coffee and tea that they decided was damaging to the body.
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My Mormon friend was adamant, no caffeine or any drugs, including coke. Those who drink coke are the rebels pushing the envelope. They don't do any drugs at all, and caffeine is a drug. Coke didn't exist when the prohibition on coffee and tea (previously the only sources of caffeine) were prohibited, so the coke drinkers are using technicalities to violate the spirit of the law.

But like any religion, there are sects and divisions of belief within it. Lots of Christians think alcohol is a sin, others drink every day.
 
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jave36 said:
My Mormon friend was adamant, no caffeine or any drugs, including coke. Those who drink coke are the rebels pushing the envelope. They don't do any drugs at all, and caffeine is a drug. Coke didn't exist when the prohibition on coffee and tea (previously the only sources of caffeine) were prohibited, so the coke drinkers are using technicalities to violate the spirit of the law.

But like any religion, there are sects and divisions of belief within it. Lots of Christians think alcohol is a sin, others drink every day.
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Mormons got the okay to drink soft drinks once the Mormon Church made a huge investment in Coca Cola stock a few decades ago (early to mid-90's?).
 
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Vol423 said:
Mormons got the okay to drink soft drinks once the Mormon Church made a huge investment in Coca Cola stock a few decades ago (early to mid-90's?).
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Sounds exactly like what a giant bureaucracy of religion would do lol. My friend was extremely pious, so I'm guessing he was on the more extreme end.
 
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screenthis said:
23andme says I have one copy of the APOE gene (of 4 tested). Slight increase in risk of developing late-onset Alzheimers
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We all have two copies (alleles) of the ApoE gene. The most common alleles are E2, E3, and E4. If you have two copies of E3 (the most common in the US) you have a 9% lifetime risk. If you have one copy of E4 you have a 20-30% lifetime risk...double to triple that of the general population. Not sure I'd consider that a slight increase.
 
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jave36 said:
My Mormon friend was adamant, no caffeine or any drugs, including coke. Those who drink coke are the rebels pushing the envelope. They don't do any drugs at all, and caffeine is a drug. Coke didn't exist when the prohibition on coffee and tea (previously the only sources of caffeine) were prohibited, so the coke drinkers are using technicalities to violate the spirit of the law.

But like any religion, there are sects and divisions of belief within it. Lots of Christians think alcohol is a sin, others drink every day.
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I'm highly suspect of the restrictions placed on 'the flock' by different religious groups. Thus, I will continue to drink beer and soda (shivers). I will also only keep '1 wife', dress however I like, and not expect a certain number of virgins waiting for me when I pass on.
 
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