Sounds like there was quite a discrepancy between what this emotional "someone" said and what President Kimball actually said. This just confuses the issue even more. Dr. Pepper, BTW, has 3.42 mg of caffeine per fluid ounce whereas ginger ale has no caffeine. My problem is that I am too rational to really figure the "Saints" out. Apparently, you just have to have blind faith to be a TBM. But my real question is, even if you are a TBM, how do you figure out how to obey God when there have been so many different interpretations of obedience over the years, including by prophets and GAs? The answer I used to get all the time was to obey the current prophet and ignore what past prophets may have said. Really?? Maybe they should change the name to The Church of Whatever the Current Prophet Said Last.

@Heraclitus - I agree, after leaving and looking back I have to scratch my head and wonder how I managed to accept the contradictions. I think it has something to do with NOT thinking and cognative dissonance. When I finally decided to make the break, I struggled with whether the critical things I had discovered could be trusted. It wasn't until I realized that this wasn't the real issue because I had come to understand that chur h leaders had been dishonest as well covering up scandals both past and present day. The fact that church leaders had lied and couldn't be trusted (while demanding all members believe they were trustworthy) was the real issue, and my decision to leave was set. Btw, I could care less how much caffiene DP or Ginger Ale has. This factor is no longer a concern. ?