I am currently reading the book "Uncommon Grounds" by Mark Pendergrast.
Although I haven't had too much time to read much, this beginning passage is one I found quite....amusing. This is exactly the kind of thing that makes me chuckle.
"Europeans eventually took to coffee with a passion. Pope Clement VIII, who died in 1605, supposedly tasted the Muslim drink at the behest of his priests, who wanted him to ban it. 'Why, this Satan's drink is so delicious,' he reputedly exclaimed, 'that it would be a pity to let the infidels have exclusive use of it. We shall fool Satan by baptizing it and making it a truly Christian Beverage.'"
So...I wish I had the power to say "yeah....this is totally sinful....but.....it tastes AWESOME so.....let's just call it our own and poof! it's totally acceptable now!"
Hooray for things that make sense! This truly made my day.
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