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Originally Posted by TJJJ
Coffee is a serpent?
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This was given by revelation decades back, through sister Regina Adams, and actually served them very well. They were very interested in healthy concepts and compared the various food approaches. Earlier they had been influenced by the wonderful book
Confessions of a Medical Heretic by Robert Mendelsohn, published in 1979, when they were partly in NJ and partly in Coloarado.
One gentleman was using coffee to stay up for his truck-driving job and it became a big issue.
Twelve Tribes uses Yerba Mate, an herbal drink, and if you are at their Yellow Delis. And I think they market some.
Quite recently everything changed on this at Homestead. They say they accepted the latest (shill) science that shows coffee and chocolate with health benefits. Now it can be drank at home, and they have a coffee shop, and it is served in their Cafe.
Personally, I mix some coffee with Teccino and similar herbal beverages, maybe once a day, so I surely understand a more lenient approach.
However, their view of it as a drug actually served them very well for decades. And I believe bringing in coffee with a shop and daily usage does promote a type of dullardness and stimulant dependence, detracting from community life.
YMMV (your mileage may vary.)
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