• Ataraxia@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I see a lot of Latino Mormons here. Then they find out they can’t have chocolate…

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      1 year ago

      Their cult is whacko and are a lot of ridiculous constraints and restrictions that come along with Mormonism, but chocolate isn’t one of them.

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      1 year ago

      wait they can’t have chocolate either? I know they can’t have coffee and alcohol either lol

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        1 year ago

        My understanding as a former Mormon is that chocolate is pretty vague. More devout people might avoid it in the same way all “hot drinks” are avoided.

        But many, many Mormons don’t care.

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        The ones that follow that rule are avoiding the caffeine. If decaf chocolate existed, they could have chocolate. I end up talking to a lot of Mormons because they end up being more interested the religion that I follow badly, that they have never heard of before in their lives, than I ever will be in theirs after having read part of “Pearl of Great Price.”

        ETA: I attempt to follow my interpretation of the Baha’i writings. The beauty of it is that there’s a lot there, but it mostly boils down to “would you guys stop being dicks to each other? Do I really have to write a rule for every single thing you fuckers can come up with‽‽”

        That last bit is my own interpretation.

        • regalia@literature.cafe
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          Eh they usually don’t understand the rule themselves and don’t look that deeply into it. I live by a ton of Mormons and they claim it’s because of caffeine, yet they are pounding soda’s non stop lol. They love that shit.