Although we do not agree with all Kaitlin wrote, in what appears as an opinion/research compilation, here are some highlights we do agree with for the Bible says, "What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's" (1 Corinthians 6:19-20).

2. IT'S BAD FOR YOU. Rejoice over all of those studies that come out regularly swearing that a cup is like, maybe fine for your body. But any product packed with caffeine and (typically) sugar isn't something that you should be pounding back multiple times a day. Three mugs of soda in the morning seems pretty gross, too. Which brings me to...

[Although the Bible does not explicitly state that caffeine is bad for you or even coffee, the principle is there in which nothing that causes death, even slowly, should enter the body (Deuteronomy 29:18-20 compared to Revelation 8:11) and God will destroy that person in the end.]

3. EVERYONE'S ADDICTED. And we're just supposed to pretend that's okay?! I'll read those testimonials about people who tried to reduce their coffee habits, or watched friends try to cut back, and then get headaches and feel very real symptoms of withdrawal. What kind of socially sanctioned drug abuse is this?!

5. IT GIVES EVERYONE AN EXCUSE TO BE A TOTAL (jerks) IN THE MORNING. I won't say I wake up with birds chirping in my hand like Snow White. But because I've never benefited from that caffeine jolt in the morning, I'm bewildered by friends and coworkers who grumble-grumble-grumble like 5-year-olds and refuse to even speak until they've had their fix.

[The Bible teaches "A man [that hath] friends must shew himself friendly" (Proverbs 18:24). And by not showing ourselves friendly, we work against the winning of souls because we are unapproachable then. And winning souls is our priority.]

6. COFFEE MAKES EVERYONE PRETENTIOUS. Statements that would be absurd or wildly impolite to say about anything else suddenly seem okay if they're in regards to coffee. "Ugh, the coffee here is disgusting," someone will complain after a fancy meal in a restaurant, or "You've never really had coffee until you've had an espresso in Italy." Ugh, get over yourself.

[This is a form of pride. "Pride [goeth] before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall" (Proverbs 16:18).]

[Overall, coffee is just bad all around.]