Re: Mormon chick, I have a question...

Clovis Lark wrote:

> 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?

I don't remember.

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