“Coffee Song” sung by Frank Sinatra from 1946.
Way down among Brazilians
Coffee beans grow by the billions
So they've got to find those extra cups to fill
They've got an awful lot of coffee in Brazil
What’s in a name or, in this case, a nickname? When it comes to nicknames of the Church, such as the “LDS Church,” the “Mormon Church,” or the “Church of the Latter-day Saints,” the most important thing in those names is the absence of the Savior’s name. To remove the Lord’s name from the Lord’s Church is a major victory for Satan.
Immediately before that, from 2010 to 2018, the church had an advertising programme called “I’m a Mormon”. Well, that’s not so consequential as the formal rejection of polygamy, but still it is indicative of an arbitrary authoritarianism. Perhaps there is a patriarchy in charge there.
Their theological mythology is the scientology of 19th century America. All the religions that claimed to be restorations were inventive cults. No one was doing the right thing until their originator pulled things out of his hat, and insisted on control and obedience.
“ And again, hot drinks are not for the body or the belly.” — Joseph Smith, Word of Wisdom 89.9.
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postscriptum: 11 July 2023. sometimes, i forget to type something. When i was in college, there was a rumour/joke that there was a name brand laxative in the cafeteria coffee. A lot of people only start regularly drinking coffee in early adulthood. I conjecture, relatively few high schoolers drink much coffee. Coffee does stimulate intestinal activity. Perhaps, mormons need some regularity; and perhaps their church does not want a free flow. Sigmund Freud could have run with that. Maybe, they just need a good s**t.
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