Creating an identity. After the church officially abandoned polygamy and theocracy at the end of the 19th century, the Word of Wisdom became “a remarkably effective boundary maintenance device ...

The "Word of Wisdom," which one must abide by in order to go to the temple, prevents members from using or consuming alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco, coffee, tea, and "harmful substances.

As this happened, clip-art makers began emphasizing quantity over quality. Even T/Maker, which built its business on sales of small, high-quality clip-art packages, entered the volume clip-art market.

In the August issue of its New Era youth magazine, the LDS church published an article titled “Vaping, Coffee, Tea, and Marijuana: Clearing up Word of Wisdom confusion.” The Word of Wisdom is ...