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by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on February 7th, 2009
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by laie_techie on February 8th, 2009
Portions were presented by Brigham Young to be binding in a General Conference. The vote was unanimous. Hence disobeying those portions can affect your standing within the Church.
when i drink all the tea, how was it made in the first place? im stil thirstY!
by pearloaf is not yelling and dreams of bal on January 23rd, 2011
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LDS It has been proven that caffeine is actually good for your health. Why has your god not recanted the Word of Wisdom on hot drinks?
by Joseph Smith was a fraud and Eisegete on January 26th, 2012
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meat or fish?
by tamarapowellv on September 25th, 2011
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by hong kong phooey on May 19th, 2010
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Do Americans like curry (Indian, not Thai)?
by Ambrose the Colossal Praying Mantis on March 30th, 2011
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Did not know that. Do you have a citation so I can validate this? I'm assuming that it's somewhere the Journal of Discourses somewhere but with 29 volumes it may be hard to find.
by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on February 9th, 2009
The Wikipedia entry on the Word of Wisdom contains several citations. The Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith (p. 117) says first made portions binding in 1843.
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The minutes of the September 1851 General Conference where Brigham Young presented the WoW as binding can be found online via a link on the Wikipedia article.
by laie_techie on February 9th, 2009
Found it - thank you. Very enlightening!
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Here's the link for anyone else in interested in solving this puzzled: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_of_Wisdom
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Of course, the key passage is this:
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by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on February 10th, 2009
After Smith's death, several factions emerged from the Latter Day Saint movement. The largest of these groups, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), was led by Brigham Young. At a general conference of the church held on September 9, 1851, Young called on the attendees to "leave off the use of" items mentioned in the Word of Wisdom:
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"The Patriarch [John Smith] again rose to speak on the Word of Wisdom, and urging on the brethren to leave off using tobacco, &c.
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President Young rose to put the motion and called on all the sisters who will leave off the use of tea, coffee, &c., to manifest it by raising the right hand; seconded and carried.
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And then put the following motion; calling on all the boys who were under ninety years of age who would covenant to leave off the use of tobacco, whisky, and all things mentioned in the Word of Wisdom, to manifest it in the same manner, which was carried unanimously."
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by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on February 10th, 2009
The Patriarch then said, may the Lord bless you and help you to keep all your covenants. Amen.
President Young amongst other things said he knew the goodness of the people, and the Lord bears with our weakness; we must serve the Lord, and those who go with me will keep the Word of Wisdom, and if the High Priests, the Seventies, the Elders, and others will not serve the Lord, we will sever them from the Church. I will draw the line, and know who is for the Lord and who is not, and those who will not keep the Word of Wisdom, I will cut off from the Church; I throw out a challenge to all men and women.
[ "Minutes of the General Conference", Tuesday, Sep. 9, 1851, afternoon session; Millennial Star, 1852-02-01, vol. 13, p. 35.]
by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on February 10th, 2009