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Today's Bizarro<\/a> is a gem. The irony is that coffee drinking characterizes much of Christianity \u2013 some drink good coffee, some drink a weak decaffeinated imitation \u2013 but Mormons<\/a>, whose name is punned in the cartoon, do not drink the stuff at all.<\/p>\n

There's been an ongoing discussion on the theme \u201cAre Mormons Christians?\u201d at Patheos<\/a>. Coffee drinking is a distinguishing factor that hasn't come up yet, as far as I'm aware\u2026<\/p>\n

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