William James

William James
We must get by on what truth we have today, and be willing to call it error tomorrow.

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Caffeinated Soft Drinks

A poll asked the following question:

What is your status and do you drink them?
I am active LDS and never drink caffeinated soft drinks. (23 votes [16.43%])
Percentage of vote: 16.43%
I am active LDS and sometimes drink caffeinated soft drinks. (47 votes [33.57%])
Percentage of vote: 33.57%
I am active LDS and regularly drink caffeinated soft drinks. (47 votes [33.57%])
Percentage of vote: 33.57%
I am not active LDS and never drink caffeinated soft drinks. (5 votes [3.57%])
Percentage of vote: 3.57%
I am not active LDS and sometimes drink caffeinated soft drinks. (6 votes [4.29%])
Percentage of vote: 4.29%
I am not active LDS and regularly drink caffeinated soft drinks. (12 votes [8.57%])

To which I responded:

I selected the first option. The only time I have knowingly eaten/drunk caffeine is chocolate/hot chocolate, or if something happens to be flavored with coffee (like coffee-flavored ice cream), which I'm not even sure has caffeine. In any event, I try to stay away from it as much as possible except in very small quantities where the benefits of the thing you are consuming (i.e., chocolate) outweigh the detriment of the caffeine. I feel like God did not generally create us with natural cravings for drugs that get us high, and they are harmful to us anyway, so it is not worth it to me.

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