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In alt.religion.mormon Dr. DOS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] says... >> >> >>"Poop Dogg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >>news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... >>> "Garrison Hilliard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote... >>> > > Will the next South Park episode show how many doctrinal changes the > LDS >>> > > have made? That would be amusing as well. >>> > >>> > Such as the changing of the ban on caffeinated drinks after the LDS >>> > bought up huge shares of Pepsi (or was it Coke?)? >>> >><snip> >>> Last time I was in SLC I >>> personally witnessed a Coca-Cola vending machine in the Mormon-owned >>> ZCMI department store. My cousin told me this was because the Mormon >>> church had purchased large amounts of Coca-Cola stock. I do wonder >>> how Mormons reconcile the consumption of caffeine with their general >>> prohibition of other mind altering drugs. >> >>Couple of problems with your observations. First, the Mormons no >>longer own ZCMI. ZCMI is a publicly owned company with upwards of >>1,400 stockholders. In 1988 the Mormon Church owned 51 percent of >>ZCMI's stock. In December 1999, an $8.5 million loss prompted the >>sale of ZCMI to Meier and Frank company. >> >>Second, the "large purchase of Coca-Cola stock" is an urban legend >>dating back to the fifties when the Church liquidated some Coca-Cola >>stock a member bequeathed to the church. >> >>It may be good to note that what your cousin tells you should not be >>considered one of the better sources of reliable information. >> >> >>Steve Lowther > http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/mormon.asp The rumors about Coke originate, as far as I can remember, with U&I Sugar having a sweetener contract with Fanta. Don or anyone else have a recollection of this?
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