That same person is also deemed worthy to obtain a temple recommend. Go figure. The obese member is a “thrombo” waiting to happen but the coffee or beer drinker who runs marathons is found to be not in compliance. I think something is amiss here.

I think only the truly healthy and fit have a leg to stand on when it comes to extolling the virtues of the W of W. The way it appears now most are out of whack with regard to abstaining from certain things while gorging and allowing oneself to be a heart attack away from death or disease.

To me, “descend[ing] from the city wall to argue” suggests getting caught up in the spirit of contention. One need not have the spirit of contention to prevent the “uncontested slam dunk”.

I’m originally from the Sacratomato “Valley.” Aaaand: MY family’s particular Word of Wisdom manual must’ve said something about we oudda partakd of a hot bev “made of barley. ‘Caus we dug the blue-label Postum. (But, forget the red label — no flava!)