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

In alt.religion.mormon Unruly Human <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


> 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.

As a teen non-babe in Ootah, we were told that the proliferation of Coke 
product dispensing machines was a direct result of U&I having landed a 
sweetener contract for Fanta.  It was claimed that following the signing 
of this contract, coke products (colas, in particular) were dropped from 
from the blacklist by the authorities and deemed appropriate for brethren 
to imbibe in.  Any takers with documentation either way?

> D1