Mormon dietary laws, as interpreted today, prohibit members from
drinking tea (though non-caffeinated herbal teas are excluded from this
restriction). Green tea is also forbidden, even though it has less than
half the caffeine of a can of Coke (which gets a thumbs up from Church
leaders).
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The New Revised Standard Version is my favorite translation of the Bible; and let’s face it–believer or skeptic, in this Christian-dominated country and culture, it helps to be biblically literate. You may as well read from the best:
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Scientists have induced OBEs in the lab:
Two procedures – which are the first to imitate an out-of-body experience artificially – use cameras to fool people into thinking they are standing or sitting somewhere else in a room. They provide the strongest proof yet that people only imagine floating out of their bodies during surgery or near-death experiences.
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After an evening hanging out with some friends, DH & I were driving home. We agreed it was a travesty that they were raising their child Catholic & I complained about the excess of Catholic comments throughout the evening (this makes it sound like I hated it, but really I did enjoy the evening), one of which involved something along the lines of “I can’t believe atheists believe in [something] but not in God!” followed by “aren’t they just so stupid it’s cute” laughter. I bristled and said that “everyone encounters God differently” but I don’t think that went over well.
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This is for Jana and for me: LOL History is officially a trend. And one I fully support!
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In discussing the changes that we were implementing to the site (and when I say “we” I mean “John”), Friday catblogging came up (we both live with two cats, meaning that we’re sadly behind on our quota of catblogging. Personally, I merely tolerate the kitties and, while I think they can be alarmingly cute, I’ve seen enough of other people’s children that I know better than to inflict my cats on you. If I had a dog (when I get a dog) you may be in trouble.
So we decided we should do Friday Teablogging, but decided that sounded a little too vulgar. So Afternoon Tea it is!
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I was reading an article in Mother Jones (it’s not online yet, I’ll link to it when it is) about homosexuality and “cures”. I’d like to steer clear of whether or not it can be cured, is psycholgical vs. physical, or any of that stuff. What I’d like to explore is the reason that (often right-leaning) people want to believe that it is “curable”. What came to my mind as I was reading this was the possibility that a reason this is such important point to people is equality.
