Mormon Beliefs About Meat (LDS Doctrine and Covenants)

What do the scriptures of the LDS Church teach about eating meat? And do Mormons obey the teachings in their own scriptures? Whether you live in Utah, Arizona, Idaho, Alberta or somewhere else where Mormons live, you have probably witnessed Mormons eating lots of meat. And you have good reason to wonder what Mormons truly believe about the semi-vegetarian (not vegan, but flexitarian?) teachings in their scriptures.

From Doctrine and Covenants 89 (The Word of Wisdom):

"12 Yea, flesh also of bbeasts and of the fowls of the air, I, the Lord, have ordained for the use of man with thanksgiving; nevertheless they are to be used sparingly;

13 And it is pleasing unto me that they should not be used, only in times of winter, or of cold, or famine."

These verses are remarkably clear and specific (compared to most Mormon teachings). They leave Mormon meat-lovers little choice but to ignore the commandments in their own scriptures.

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[efrasier1989]

i think your reading it wrong. Not only in times of winter or famine means you can eat meat other times too.

[iqlusionblogspot]

@efrasier1989

"should not be used, only in times of winter, or of cold, or famine"

The meaning is clear.

It is also clear that most active members of the church do not obey this scripture. My bishop and others have twisted the obvious meaning of these verses beyond recognition as a rationalization.

[awolLDSasap]

@IExposeMormonism Junior must have skipped this Biblical verse while he was writing the Word of MORON Wisdumb. Col 2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath [days]:

[IExposeMormonism]

@TheWinterWaterSong What's holding the Mormon religion together is denial and lies. The BofM is a story. The Doctrine and Covenants means just what it says. Add in the Endowment ceremony and it's oaths and you have the true meaning of BINDING someone to an external theocratic despotic tyranny.

[TheWinterWaterSong]

@IExposeMormonism The D&C is the Docterine and Covenants. While it does add more different details to how the LDS church is run, the BOM is what the LDS church reads more then any other scripture. In fact, they read the New Testament more then D&C, mostly because the younger members find it long and boring. So, yeah. Book of Mormon is what holds the religion together. Destroy the BOM and you destroy the D&C but in all honesty I really like the message that the BOM gives, so we I'm cool with it.

[IExposeMormonism]

@TheWinterWaterSong No, the binding force is the D&C. The BofM is a history story, the D&C is used to bind you to the hierarchy. It and the Endowment ceremony and it's oaths result is Morgbotism. A compulsion to obedience without a reflective consciousness and conscience. In full blown form resulting in the Mountain Meadows Massacre, the fruit of Mormonism.

[TheWinterWaterSong]

@IExposeMormonism No, the Mormons' fruit is the Book of Mormon. It's the cornerstone of the LDS religion.

[TheWinterWaterSong]

@awolLDSasap or like what you do?

[yohijua]

thank you for the video. its a pet peeve of mine that Mormons put themselves on the pedestal of moral uprightness and nit pick about tea and coffee, and every church function with food is loaded with dead animal sacrifices out of no true need. AND the prophet is weak sauce, joseph smith ran for president totally radical dude, then afterwards, they just say they're prophets but totally lose the radical TRUTH, and conform to cultural norms out of convenience and fear of confrontation. rastafari

[Dalek1963]

To give another perspective, here are the same verses from the RLDS version of the D&C thich is numbered section 86 .2b "Yea, flesh also, of beasts and of the fowls of the air, I, the Lord, hath ordained for the use of man, with thanksgiving. Nevertheless, they are to be used sparingly; and it is pleasing unto me that they should not be used only in times of winter, or of cold, or famine." Not the change of meaning caused by a simple coma.