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Joseph Fielding Smith said that drinking tea can bar a person from the Celestial Kingdom. | Joseph Fielding Smith said that drinking tea can bar a person from the Celestial Kingdom. | ||
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− | [[Word of Wisdom/Tea]] {{nw}} | + | *{{InternalContradiction}}: the authors are impossible to satisfy. Strict consequences for the Word of Wisdom are critiqued, but they later expected us to be shocked and trouble because Joseph had tea. There is no effort to help readers understand these matters—the authors efforts are all dedicated to the search for scandal. |
+ | [[Word of Wisdom/Tea prevent exaltation|Tea: keep you out of the celestial kingdom?]] {{nw}} | ||
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*Doctrines of Salvation 2:16 | *Doctrines of Salvation 2:16 | ||
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Chapter 17 | A FAIR Analysis of: Criticism of Mormonism/Books A work by author: Jerald and Sandra Tanner
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468 |
The admonition not to eat meat is mostly ignored by the Church. |
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469 |
Joseph Fielding Smith said that drinking tea can bar a person from the Celestial Kingdom. |
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469-470 |
Church members feel that Joseph "carefully observed" the Word of Wisdom. Joseph wouldn't be able to get a temple recommend today. |
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470 |
Joseph sometimes drank wine. |
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470 |
Joseph smoked a cigar. |
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471 |
The words "pipe and some tobacco" were replaced by the word "medicine" in History of the Church. References to buying whisky [check spelling] and beer were removed. |
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471 |
Joseph wrote in his diary that he had tea with breakfast. Joseph prophesied that he would drink wine with Orson Hyde in the east. |
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472 |
George A. Smith reported that some church members left the church after finding that their leaders drank tea and coffee. |
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472 |
Almon W. Babbitt was brought to church trial for breaking the Word of Wisdom, but he said that he was following Joseph's example. |
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Joseph Smith sold liquor in Nauvoo. |
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474 |
Brigham Young broke the Word of Wisdom by taking "snuff and tea." |
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474 |
Brigham Young chewed tobacco for many years. |
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474 |
Brigham Young told Church members to "make beer as a drink" and sponsored a bar in Salt Lake City. |
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475 |
Brigham built a whisky distillery. |
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