moksha wrote:Okay, who was the last LDS President to ever drink alcohol?
Hinckley's a boozer. Everyone knows that ;)
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moksha wrote:Okay, who was the last LDS President to ever drink alcohol?
Can we actually start a follow-up question before Alex has given credit for the correct question? (I think Bond's answers were being disqualified because they weren't phrased in the form of a question.)
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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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Runtu wrote:When did the Word of Wisdom officially become a "commandment"? First to answer correctly wins a prize.
The WoW never officially became a commandment. If you're talking about canonisation, that is.
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Ray A wrote:Runtu wrote:When did the Word of Wisdom officially become a "commandment"? First to answer correctly wins a prize.
The WoW never officially became a commandment. If you're talking about canonisation, that is.
Can a commandment be canonized? But, yep, you and Bond are correct. It is not a commandment and never has been one.
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Runtu wrote:
Can a commandment be canonized? But, yep, you and Bond are correct. It is not a commandment and never has been one.
They all are. One reason the WoW hasn't been a canonised commandment is because if it was, it would contradict section 89, which specifically says, "not by commandment".
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Runtu wrote:Ray A wrote:Runtu wrote:When did the Word of Wisdom officially become a "commandment"? First to answer correctly wins a prize.
The WoW never officially became a commandment. If you're talking about canonisation, that is.
Can a commandment be canonized? But, yep, you and Bond are correct. It is not a commandment and never has been one.
Eh, I don't know about this. I suppose that the WoW isn't "technically" a "commandment" in an According to Hoyle sort of way, but it nevertheless is an important rule that LDS are expected to follow. I mean, "technically," one couldn't get a temple recommend without adhering to the WoW, right?
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moksha wrote:Runtu wrote:moksha wrote:I think it was by Joseph F. Smith in the 1920's.
Nope.
I think Joseph F. Smith did intimate that this was a requirement for the Celestial Kingdom. No Starbucks there he implied.
Joseph Fielding Smith (JFS son) was church historian for many years, and he dated the "commandment" back to Brigham Young in 1851. However, this was just another of Young's fiery sermons during a "recommitment" or "recovenanting" era, but Young himself continued to break the WoW. Leonard Arrignton cleared some of this up in an Ensign article, but for the best understanding of the history of the WoW there are a number of Dialogue articles that trace it from origins to the present. It was not until the prohibition era that it was enforced as a necessity for entry to the temple.
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Mister Scratch wrote: I mean, "technically," one couldn't get a temple recommend without adhering to the WoW, right?
Right.