Tagged With: Benjamin Rush
The LDS Word of Wisdom & Alcohol — Belief of LDS Prophet Joseph Smith About Following It
By the end of the 18th century, in the years just prior to the birth of Joseph Smith Jr (the Mormon prophet was born in 1805) the world seemed to be awash in problems with health, behavior and spiritual problems. In America, drinking alcoholic beverages had reached the highest point than at any time before … Continue reading
Protestant Religious Roots of the LDS Word of Wisdom
In my previous post about the origins of the LDS “Mormon” Word of Wisdom, I demonstrated that in the early 1800′s America was on a drinking binge. Alcoholic drinks were seemingly everywhere. Although most drinkers thought that “spirituous” [distilled] alcohol was healthy and good, soon after the Revolutionary War, the most important physician in the … Continue reading
