Posted by:
mrx
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Date: August 19, 2019 01:02PM
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/religion/mormon-church-warning-beware-those-fancy-coffee-drinks-n1043156so here's my prediction about the future of this:
Change 1.0 - as the various convoluted Starbucks-style drinks expand to a vast variety everywhere you look, the church will just go back to basics and make a historic change: hot coffee and hot tea (exception for "herbal tea" which will be debated a bit) still disallowed. Everything else OK, but use moderation if in doubt. To look like they are trying to be reasonable and not too strict, iced tea and iced coffee will be allowed in moderation (new definition of "hot drinks").
Change 2.0 - I believe this will be precipitated by declining membership, and extremely dismal baptism conversions around the globe. To reverse the church decline, many changes will come forth from the Brethren (in desperation), and a real shocker will be eliminating the ban on coffee and tea. Alcohol and tobacco and illicit drugs will essentially be the remaining part of the WOW.