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| − | =={{Criticism label}}== | + | {{UnderConstruction}} |
| − | Critics claim that Joseph Smith and other early Latter-day Saints didn't follow the Word of Wisdom. They point to accounts in the Church's own printed history where Joseph drank wine and beer, and Brigham Young admitted drinking coffee regularly.
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| − | {{epigraph|The only official interpretation of “hot drinks” (D&C 89:9) in the Word of Wisdom is the statement made by early Church leaders that the term “hot drinks” means tea and coffee. Members should not use any substance that contains illegal drugs. Nor should members use harmful or habit-forming substances except under the care of a competent physician.<br>
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| − | ===Changes in the way the Word of Wisdom was implemented over time===
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| − | |link=/History and implementation
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| − | |subject=History and implementation of the Word of Wisdom
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| − | |summary=Observance of the Word of Wisdom has changed over time, due to on-going revelation from modern-day prophets, who put greater emphasis on certain elements of the revelation originally given to Joseph Smith. Early Latter-day Saints were not under the same requirements as today's Saints are.
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| − | ===Joseph Smith and the Word of Wisdom===
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| − | |subject=Joseph Smith used tea
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| − | |summary=Critics charge that Joseph Smith drank tea, used tobacco, or encouraged others to do so, thus violating the Word of Wisdom as we practice it today.
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| − | |link=/Almon Babbitt followed Joseph
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| − | |subject=Almon Babbitt followed Joseph in violating the Word of Wisdom
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| − | |summary=Critics charge that Joseph Smith violated the Word of Wisdom, and that another member (Almon W. Babbitt) followed his example.
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| − | |link=/Joseph Smith sold liquor in Nauvoo
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| − | |subject=Joseph Smith sold liquor in Nauvoo
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| − | ===Brigham Young and the Word of Wisdom===
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| − | |link=/Brigham Young and tobacco
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| − | |subject=Brigham Young and tobacco
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| − | |summary=Critics charge that Brigham Young used snuff, tobacco, and tea, thus violating the Word of Wisdom.
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| − | |link=/Brigham Young's whiskey distillery
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| − | |subject=Brigham Young's whiskey distillery
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| − | |summary=Critics note that Brigham had a whiskey distillery in Utah, thus encouraging others to violate the Word of Wisdom and showing his hypocrisy.
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| − | |link=Brigham Young and tobacco/Growing tobacco in Utah
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| − | |subject=Growing tobacco in Utah
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| − | |summary=Critics charge that Brigham Young instructed members of the Church to grow tobacco in Utah, thus violating the Word of Wisdom.
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| − | ===Modern prophets and the Word of Wisdom===
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| − | |link=/Tea prevent exaltation
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| − | |subject=Consumption of tea may bar someone from the Celestial Kingdom?
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| − | |summary=Critics quote Joseph Fielding Smith as saying that the consumption of tea may bar someone from the celestial kingdom.
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| − | ===Modern day implementation of the Word of Wisdom===
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| − | |link=/Eat meat sparingly
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| − | |subject=Are we violating the Word of Wisdom if we do not eat meat sparingly?
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| − | |summary=Critics charge that Latter-day Saints do not keep the Word of Wisdom by eating meat "sparingly."
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| − | |link=/Cola drinks
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| − | |subject=Cola drinks
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| − | |summary=Are cola drinks (e.g. Coke, Pepsi, Dr Pepper) are forbidden to members of the Church?
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| − | |link=/Tea morally wrong
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| − | |subject=Tea morally wrong?
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| − | |summary=Because of the Word of Wisdom, do members of the Church really believe that drinking tea (or alcohol, etc.) is "morally wrong"?
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| − | |link=/Hot drinks
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| − | |subject=What are "hot drinks?"
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| − | |summary=Why are "hot drinks" forbidden by the Word of Wisdom? Why do members now restrict these instructions to coffee and tea?
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| − | |link=/Wine for the stomach
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| − | |subject=Wine for the stomach?
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| − | |summary=Since the Word of Wisdom teaches us to abstain from alcohol, why did Paul encourage Timothy to drink wine for the stomach?
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| − | The Word of Wisdom is "a principle with promise," initially given "not by commandment or constraint" ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/89/2-3#2 D&C 89:2–3]). Today's Latter-day Saints are required to observe it more rigorously than those who came before them.
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