Answering the Most Searched Mormon Questions

The top 13 questions that google receives with the term "Mormon." The word "Mormon" is a nickname for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. To learn more, please contact www.comeuntochrist.org to speak with missionaries and representatives of the church who are ready to help with any and all of your questions.
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[@RossRelics]

So why can you drink soda but not coffee?

[@graysonhardman1250]

Thanks for the question! The original term for "hot drinks" came in the first half of the 1800s to Joseph Smith, the first President of the Church, in a commandment called "The Word of Wisdom." Since then, other prophets have explained what that term means. It has been specified as coffee and green/black tea extract. That's why we avoid those two beverages, along with other forms of alcohol.
Another focus of The Word of Wisdom is to be physically healthy and consume things in moderation. So while soda and energy drinks are allowed, they certainly are not healthy and shouldn't be something we consume constantly. But since there's no specific hard-set rule that says "only drink one coke a day" or something like that, a lot of members follow it in their own way. The principle to be healthy is the main purpose but it is implemented individually in different ways.

[@RossRelics]

The Bible clearly states not to add to it (revelation 22:18)

[@graysonhardman1250]

This is widely believed! Hope this can clear it up for you-
The book of Revelation was actually written before other books within the New Testament. This would mean that other apostles would have added onto the Bible after this verse was written, meaning that the original prophets didn't follow this rule. Historians actually believe John himself, who wrote the book of Revelations, wrote his gospel account afterwards. He himself didn't follow this rule.
The Bible also wasn't written as one book, it was assembled and compiled into the Bible we know today hundreds of years down the line. Revelations was never intended to be the end of the Bible, instead it was placed as the last book much later on.
Deuteronomy 4:2 actually says the same thing, and instructs readers not to add unto the book. This verse was written hundreds and hundreds of years before the New Testament, meaning that every other prophet after Moses also broke this rule.
What this all means is that the verse in Revelation is strictly applying to the book of Revelation itself, and not the Bible as a whole.