Featured God Gave Wine: What the Bible Says About Alcohol

Yes, a person must eat to live, but not live to eat. That argument does not justify gluttony. Casual observation of Baptist pastors will make apparent why it is not preached on much.

A ridiculous argument it might be compared to alcohol consumption, but gluttony is a sin, as drunkenness is a sin.

 

Not the same, you are required to eat food to live, you are not required to drink alcohol to live.

You CAN"T avoid eating food, you CAN avoid drinking alcohol.

 

I have probably seen all the Stooges short films, but I can't name them. We have a local channel that shows them every weekend, but I haven't watched them in a few months.

My favorite stooge is Larry. Larry was very subtle, he stayed in the background and had few lines, but he was very important in communicating the mood of a scene.

There is a funny story about Moe, he saw an advertisement for an actor on a riverboat travelling from St. Louis (I believe) down to New Orleans. He sent his resume along with a photo of a friend who was tall and handsome. They hired Moe without ever seeing him. When he showed up he was short and ugly, but Moe convinced them to give him a chance. They were impressed with his acting and he was hired, the rest is history.

 

We need a clear definition of what "moderate drinking" is.

 

Yes, and I hope you understand I was just joking when I showed that photo of Ozzy Osbourne.

And I joked about the food you said you ate, because supposedly a fan threw a real bat onstage at a Black Sabbath concert. They do not know if Ozzy thought it was real or not, but he bit the head off the bat, and had to get rabies shots later.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeuW4Smf9PI

That bat looked rather fake to me, but they say it was real. Perhaps that was a simulation of the real event. Only Ozzy knows.

 

That's going to be hard to define. It depends on your weight and whether or not you are eating or have an empty stomach. Also, what activity you are doing. Everybody has to determine that for themselves but I would suggest if you have a blood alcohol level above .02 that is not being moderate. For most men this means no more than 2 beers (or 2 drinks, or two 5 oz. glasses wine) in an hour and a half. Of course if you will be driving the number is zero.

 

If you have been drinking and can no longer drive that is not moderation.

 

It is not a ridiculous argument. You don't know enough about argument to know what a ridiculous argument is.

But for your sake I'll adjust the anecdote a bit.

Justifying drinking responsibly is like justifying debating on baptistboard responsibly.

You don't need to justify it because the Bible does not condemn it.

What you do need to do is condemn phariseeism wherever it raises its ugly head.

That's why we start threads like this- to show people who are interested in discovering the truth how stupid and evil pharisees are. These threads make that kind of thing very clear.

 

Says who?

Are you AWARE that ALL you ever DO is post claims without support?

I've never seen anyone as bad at this as you are.

Even winman, though his support is absurd in the highest degree- even HE at least TRIES to support what he claims.

You just say it like you are God Almighty and you SAYING it makes it so.

 

Thank you. Eating and drinking are not the same because you have to eat every day, in fact, several times per day to stay healthy.

The comparison to debating here is much better, except that making ten posts in an hour will not cause you to pass out.

Let me ask you an honest question Luke, do you ALWAYS drink responsibly? How often do you drink, and how much do you drink if I might ask? Do you ever drink too much?

The problem with drinking is that it tends to become addicting. Sure, it might not be a problem to drink one beer a day when you come home from work, but it is so easy to make that two beers, or three, or...