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>> Mormons drink caffeine.

I had some friends who were Mormon growing up, they didn't drink caffeinated soda, coffee, tea, and of course alcohol. Is that uncommon in the Mormon world?

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There are all kinds of Mormons. Almost all of them I know drink caffeinated soda. There are definitely Mormons who don't, but I'd put them in a minority. It's basically people extrapolating from the dietary code, which disallows coffee and tea. They figure that must be because of caffeine, so they don't drink Coke either. (Mind you, I've never met a Mormon who doesn't eat chocolate, so I don't think their extrapolation is very logical, but who am I to tell anyone how to live their religion.)

The rules changed and last I heard it was something along the lines of only hot caffeinated drinks were forbidden, so no coffee tea etc, and things like Coke and Pepsi are fine.

Rules haven't changed. They just issued a clarification. Most of us have been drinking all the Dr. Pepper we want for years.

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