Things I Can't Believe I Believed In...

I was reading the PostMormon site again tonight and something caught my attention. Someone mentioned how absurd some of the church's beliefs are and I got to thinking...how I used to believe some of most of this crap. Take the Word Of Wisdom. I followed it to the letter for years. I never drank a drop of alcohol or coffee/tea. Everyone was under the impression that it was the caffeine in the coffee. But there is caffeine in cola drinks and they weren't prohibited. Coffee and tea were called "hot drinks" but hot chocolate is a hot drink and its OK. Iced tea was not allowed but it was not hot it was cold. Talk about convoluted nonsense. One of the top health concerns today is not alcohol or caffeine. It's sugar. Pop is loaded with sugar and poses a serious health risk. But there's no mention of that in the word of wisdom. If it was so "inspired" as a health code there should be some mention of it. But there's not. Like I said. Convoluted nonsense. And I believed it for many years.