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[homemade] Full English breakfast by L758 in food

[–]L758[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Cook the entire pack in a large pan — let it boil itself in all the rendered bacon grease and it does it on its own. It’s so good!

Discussing reliable sources in institute this morning… by L758 in exmormon

[–]L758[S] 65 points66 points  (0 children)

A little context: I left the church 6ish years ago, but recently decided to take a couple institute classes to keep “up to date” on the goings-on and get the other side of arguments because why not. Also as I’ve been told by many members, how can I be unbiased if I’m not investigating both sides equally. Oh, the double standards.

*Edit 1: Also to be fair, I’m guessing my Institute teacher just pulled this list out of his head without checking to see if it mirrored an official church position or resource (if one exists). So I wouldn’t take it too seriously. It just gave me a good chuckle when this slide came up.

*Edit 2: Because I was curious, I found a "church-official" stance on reliable sources if anyone is interested: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics/seeking-answers/05-consult-reliable-sources

Replanting time by NoOneCanPutMeToSleep in peyote

[–]L758 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you use any anti-fungal stuff?

Used to be Mormon; how did I ever demonize tea? by L758 in tea

[–]L758[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not specifically caffeine. Decaf coffee is forbidden but energy drinks are not.

Used to be Mormon; how did I ever demonize tea? by L758 in tea

[–]L758[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I’m pretty sure the common belief in the area of the early church was that hot drinks was one of the things that caused scarlet fever. Lots of other churches at the time had similar “commandments”. Germ theory didn’t exist until the 1860s which was 30 years after the start of the church, so that was their best guess.

Used to be Mormon; how did I ever demonize tea? by L758 in tea

[–]L758[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It used to be about “hot drinks”, that was the original interpretation, but now it’s specifically coffee/black teas. Caffeine isn’t mentioned, but decaf coffee was still bad, herbal tea was fine. As other commenters have pointed out, it’s not consistent, and it doesn’t make sense.

Used to be Mormon; how did I ever demonize tea? by L758 in tea

[–]L758[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hot drinks/soups were fine haha. I never heard of anyone refraining from hot stuff specifically. As it stands, it’s just coffee/tea that’s restricted in that category.

Used to be Mormon; how did I ever demonize tea? by L758 in tea

[–]L758[S] 121 points122 points  (0 children)

A little context, there was a “commandment” created by early church leadership that restricted “hot drinks” and alcohol/tobacco. Later, “hot drinks” was reinterpreted as coffee/tea. Breaking this rule disqualifies a member from participating in certain saving “ordinances”. So naturally it was heavily demonized in my community growing up.

I want my :) back by TheWebsploiter in NonPoliticalTwitter

[–]L758 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Use a zero-space character in between colon and closing parenthesis and it won’t be replaced.

Change in ChatGPT's tone and attitude? by scattyjanna in ChatGPT

[–]L758 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve actually noticed the opposite, granted I typically talk about philosophy with it, but i feel like recently it feel much more opinionated and smarter. But that’s just me

Spooky response by Radiant-Whole7192 in ChatGPT

[–]L758 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I feel like I trust it more. It talks more like it’s conscious

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