Mar 7, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Faith, Jesus Christ, Repentance, Word of Wisdom
Dear Gramps, I have a close friend that has tried to quit smoking so she can be baptised and can’t suceed at it. She is getting so discouraged that she feels like an outsider and is pulling away from attending church. She belives in the truth but because of her...
Apr 30, 2008 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Hobbies, Word of Wisdom
Question Hey Gramps, My main question is in regards to clean fun. You see, my friends and I love to get together to play poker (we don’t play for money, just for fun) and while we play we enjoy drinking O’Douls and smoking Swisher Sweet Cigars. Now obviously...
Feb 22, 2008 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Health, Mormon Policy, Word of Wisdom
Gramps,What is the general council’s word on decaffeinated coffee, decaffeinated Coke and Pepsi? Ruth, from California Dear Ruth, Tea, coffee, alcohol and tobacco are against the Word of Wisdom. I am continually amazed at how people try to split hairs and walk...
Feb 21, 2008 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Health, Word of Wisdom
Gramps, Is it true that caffeine is considered a drug? Why? Jess, from Pennsylvania Dear Jess, Caffeine is considered a drug because it is addictive and has specific adverse effects on the body. The Medical Encyclopedia lists the following symptoms from...
Feb 6, 2008 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Health, Word of Wisdom
Ok dear Gramps, Since we are to be eating meat any time sparingly, What would be sparingly? Small portions at each meal?, once a week?, every other day? Only if other grains are low in access? It seems to me that it is mostly the American diet which centers most main...
Feb 6, 2008 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Divorce, Family, Forgiveness, Marriage, Mormon Policy, Obedience, Repentance, Word of Wisdom
Dear Gramps: I am in the process of a divorce I didn’t want. My husband and I were together for 15 years, and married 10 years ago in the temple. I found out that he had been unfaithful, and then he stopped going to church and disregarded the Word of Wisdom entirely....
Jan 30, 2008 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Faith, Word of Wisdom
Gramps,I would like to know what the stop smoking program for the Mormon Church is. Chia, from Ohio Dear Chia, If you are referring to some program or technique to overcome the habitual use of tobacco, I doubt that the Church has any recommendation. I assume that...
Dec 13, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Word of Wisdom
Dear Gramps,There are people in the church who would suggest that eating meat is something the Lord prefers we as Latter Day Saints not do. My question is: why is it that we serve meat dishes in the temples everyday, why does every ward social include meat in one form...
Oct 19, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Health
Wanda wrote: How do you think the Lord would feel about a person who had weight loss surgery? Would it be desecrating the body or the use of a modern day miracle? Locale: Long Beach CA Dear Wanda, I think that it would be neither. Rather than desecrating the body,...
Oct 15, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Health, Priesthood, Satan
Dear Gramps, I have a very close friend that is not a member of the Mormon Church, but I love her dearly. Some time ago, she experimented with satanic rituals, was possessed, and as a result, now suffers from a terminal cerebral hemorrhage. Ever since she told me...