Do you consume alcohol?

[webdog]

:laugh:

There's more than one homosexual, too. Doesn't mean it's not an acquired taste.

<rimshot>

 

[Aaron]

Alcohol consumption is hardly on par with homosexual behaviour. Trying to win an argument at all cost?

I didn't compare alcohol consumption with sodomy. The point is, folks may very well enjoy the taste, but it is acquired.

Homosexuality is about the only unacceptable vice left in modern Christianity, so I used it, knowing that most (CBT, MP and the other resident Marxists excepted) wouldn't try to hallow an activity to which many innocents have a natural aversion simply because some have been conditioned to find a genuine pleasure therein.

So we go back to why folks here started drinking beer in the first place. It wasn't because of the lack of pure drinking water and the need of a manner to store a source of hydration for a long period of time without it spoiling.

And it isn't because they liked the taste.

 

[HisWitness]

I didn't compare alcohol consumption with sodomy. The point is, folks may very well enjoy the taste, but it is acquired.

Homosexuality is about the only unacceptable vice left in modern Christianity, so I used it, knowing that most (CBT, MP and the other resident Marxists excepted) wouldn't try to hallow an activity to which many innocents have a natural aversion simply because some have been conditioned to find a genuine pleasure therein.

So we go back to why folks here started drinking beer in the first place. It wasn't because of the lack of pure drinking water and the need of a manner to store a source of hydration for a long period of time without it spoiling.

And it isn't because they liked the taste.

soda pop is acquired taste
coffee is acquired taste
Tea is acquired taste

some like these---some don't whats the diff ??

 

[Aaron]

Honey isn't an acquired taste. The things you listed much less of an acquired taste than say, snails. If one is dying of thirst, beer and wine will quench. And if one is famished, even snails start looking tasty. Shoot, your neighbor starts looking tasty.

 

[HisWitness]

Honey isn't an acquired taste. The things you listed much less of an acquired taste than say, snails. If one is dying of thirst, beer and wine will quench. And if one is famished, even snails start looking tasty. Shoot, your neighbor starts looking tasty.

Don't let your neighbors know about it :laugh::laugh:

 

[saturneptune]

From Bristol TN, here is a fine example of a peacher that screams from the pulpit about the use of alcohol.

posted 5:14 a.m. JEL
Black Collar Crime

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According to police reports, 58-year old Thomas Tester pulled up to police officers and offered them sexual favors.

Police say he was wearing a skirt when he got out of his car at a Johnson City car wash and exposed himself in view of some children.

Tester was arrested for indecent exposure and DUI.

Tester is the pastor of the Gospel Baptist Church on Reedy Creek Road in Bristol. He has spent the last 24-years working for WZAP, a gospel radio station in Bristol.

More:
http://www.wcyb.tv/newsread.asp?newsid=8402

 

[Gregory Perry Sr.]

The Heart Of The Matter....!

I have now read EVERY post in this thread and frankly...it leaves me both sad and appalled at the state of things in this microcosm of what we call "Christendom" here on the Baptist Board. I'm not gonna make a big long comment about the use of alcohol here. I'm just going to say that the REAL heart of the matter about this (drinking) and ANYTHING ELSE that a Believer in Christ may (or should/should NOT) do should simply be....does what I am doing bring HONOR and GLORY to our God and Saviour Jesus Christ? That is the "acid test" for the things which we allow or pursue in our lives after being truly born again. The WEAKER saints are the ones that don't take this into account. We true saints need to "take the high road"....ALWAYS!

1Cor.10:31-32 says "Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Give none offense, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:"

:tear:
Bro.Greg:saint:

 

[Earth Wind and Fire]

I have now read EVERY post in this thread and frankly...it leaves me both sad and appalled at the state of things in this microcosm of what we call "Christendom" here on the Baptist Board. I'm not gonna make a big long comment about the use of alcohol here. I'm just going to say that the REAL heart of the matter about this (drinking) and ANYTHING ELSE that a Believer in Christ may (or should/should NOT) do should simply be....does what I am doing bring HONOR and GLORY to our God and Saviour Jesus Christ? That is the "acid test" for the things which we allow or pursue in our lives after being truly born again. The WEAKER saints are the ones that don't take this into account. We true saints need to "take the high road"....ALWAYS!

1Cor.10:31-32 says "Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Give none offense, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:"

:tear:
Bro.Greg:saint:

I will drink to that! Seriously, the high road is to take care of the widows & orphins...do you do that weepie?

 

[Steadfast Fred]

I question the story of Thomas Tester.

The link provided does not lead to the story.
A search for Thomas Tester on the WCYB website returns no results.
Internet detective finds no Thomas Tester listed in Bristol, TN
He is not listed on the staff of WZAP despite the story saying he has worked there the last 24 years.

 

[Steadfast Fred]

Found the story on the spoof. It is entirely fictitious.

http://www.thespoof.com do a search for " tester"

 

[Gregory Perry Sr.]

Incredible

I will drink to that! Seriously, the high road is to take care of the widows & orphins...do you do that weepie?

At least PART of the "high road" would be that "we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world" as we are instructed to do in Titus 2:12b.

Do you seriously expect me or anyone else of good character to believe that the Holy Spirit of our God would prompt you or anyone else to say what you just said (I'll drink to that?) to me?....on a public forum?...REALLY? Did you pray about that comment before you hit "submit"? Sad....very sad. I would also consider (if I was you) where that money (all you have is God's...remember?) that you are spending to buy the booze is actually going. I wouldn't want to put one thin dime into any of their coffers.

On a separate note, yes, my wife and I have tried to do some things to help widows and orphans ( and other less fortunate folks) as we were led on occasion by the Lord to do and I would cheerfully and willingly do so anytime God so led us.

Bro.Greg:saint:

 

[saturneptune]

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[saturneptune]

At least PART of the "high road" would be that "we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world" as we are instructed to do in Titus 2:12b.

Do you seriously expect me or anyone else of good character to believe that the Holy Spirit of our God would prompt you or anyone else to say what you just said (I'll drink to that?) to me?....on a public forum?...REALLY? Did you pray about that comment before you hit "submit"? Sad....very sad. I would also consider (if I was you) where that money (all you have is God's...remember?) that you are spending to buy the booze is actually going. I wouldn't want to put one thin dime into any of their coffers.

On a separate note, yes, my wife and I have tried to do some things to help widows and orphans ( and other less fortunate folks) as we were led on occasion by the Lord to do and I would cheerfully and willingly do so anytime God so led us.

Bro.Greg:saint:

To clarify to you, because you are a friend, as I have said before, I do not drink. My reasons are:

The pattern of drinking that developed while in the service
A bad example with a church leadership position
Causing weaker Christians to stumble

What causes me to post against these threads are those who:

Try to make a Biblical case for abstinence
Try to impose their view of drinking on others

 

[Steadfast Fred]

Thespoof says it is fictitious.

These other sites obviously mimicked thespoof's fictitious story and purport it to be real

Sad when people believe satire to be true and continue the story as if it were.

Ny the way, the spoof had this article up days before the sites you gave out it up. Obviously, one of those sites writers copied thespoof's article (except for thespoof's disclaimer at the bottom of thE article stating it is fictitious)

Also, as I said, Thomas tester is not on WZAP's staff, despite the article's claim that he is.

 

[saturneptune]

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[Steadfast Fred]

You are the same person that said mentally ill people are being punished by God. If you would bother to look it up, it is public record in Tennessee.

I never made such a claim. Why do you attack me as you do? Because you have been shown to have posted a false claim?

I have already searched the records. It is fictitious. It originated at thespoof's.com

 

[kyredneck]

A statement only possible from a teetotaler. There is no comparison between the nauseatingly sickeningly sweet taste of say.....a coke vs. a single-malt scotch or a finely crafted beer. I (for instance) somewhat despise the syrup which you call sodas and their 5,000% sugar content vs. many dryer alcoholic beverages.

Because....some of them.....quench thirst better. In the summer-time, a light Perroni or a Mojito takes the edge of thirst off in a way no sweet-tea can...especially if you chase it with a cool glass of water afterwards. TRUST ME....your carbonated Root-Beer or Ginger ale doesn't.

"Tastes Good" to you (I'll bet my ranch) means:
"Tastes preposterously sweet"....Not everyone is refreshed by that.

On behalf of my husband HoS : :thumbs: He's never understood why I would prefer a Mt. Dew to a cold Stella Artois or Newcastle.

:laugh::laugh::laugh:

'Alberta, Alberta, where'd you sleep last night?..'

 

[Thomas Helwys]

To answer the OP:

I rarely but occasionally consume alcohol. It does not consume me.

 

[Earth Wind and Fire]

:laugh::laugh::laugh:

'Alberta, Alberta, where'd you sleep last night?..'

I will drink to that...

Look...even though he drove off two of the most God serving men its been my privilage to have ever known...he does àppreciate a good single malt Scotch, that ain't all bad. Least he isn't drinking corn squeezing outa a jar.:smilewinkgrin:

 

[InTheLight]

To answer the OP:

I rarely but occasionally consume alcohol. It does not consume me.

Most succinct answer so far. Well played.