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Coffee – Bitter invention of satan

Monday, April 10th, 2017

Muslims aren’t supposed to drink wine, and it seems coffee become something of a cultural substitute.

As a result, at the beginning of the 17 century some people thought that coffee in some way represented an anti-Christian beverage, a “bitter invention of Satan.”

They said the pope should condemn and forbid it for Christians. Continue reading

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