Are you drunk now and looking for an excuse?
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You’ll know it when you see it.
What that proves is that todays secular pharisees make those in the old testament days look like rip roaring hedonists.
Let’s just say that when they praised Samson for killing thousands with the jawbone of a donkey, he said, “I did whaaaaaaat??”
The word, translated from Aramaic to English was ‘jughead’.
That's not saying much ...considering what happened to most everybody else on the planet.
Exactly the same way we do. It's quite obvious.
My GP has told me that she thinks that the US has been completely unhinged when it comes to alcohol.
When she first stated her practice, people had before dinner cocktails, wine with dinner and a night cap, even was recommend to relax.
Now she says people are bombarded with anti alcohol (her words) crap.
I think the problem here is we do not teach people how to drink responsibly, so it becomes a forbidden fruit.
Ok, that in no way answers your question.
The Bible says drunkenness is the issue not drinking.
Everyone is different, size, age, food in the belly, even why they are drinking.....
I would guess the way they defined it decades ago before we had a means of giving a number to blood alcohol levels: if you have had too much alcohol to function capably at whatever you need to do, then you are drunk.
If you are chronically too intoxicated to hold a job or otherwise support yourself and perform your duties, then you are a drunkard.
Many times when the bible mentions going through life drunk, it’s talking about going through life without giving regard to the Word and not studying it.
“Thou shalt not slureth thou words” comes to mind.
“Thou shalt not slureth thou words” comes to mind.
The state of drunkenness varied from one individual to the next, then as now. The condemnation regards losing one’s better judgment, becoming much more prone to sin. Being “merry” due to the influence of alcohol is not condemned, it could even be said that it was encouraged.
So, where’s the line, between merely merry and drunk? It’s the behavior. Acting out of character, making a total fool of oneself, behaving immorally.
Anyone who has been at least a social drinker knows when he or she has had too much. Slurring, problems with motor skills, speaking inappropriately, etc. so it’s really not such a mystery. Stop before you begin to lose control of yourself. An elevated mood is not losing control.
Some determine that any amount of alcohol is too much, and if they want to abstain out of a desire to do the Lord’s will then so be it and I support them. But, I do drink on occasion. I limit myself now. There have been times in my life when I didn’t. I would have been better off if I had.
Ephesians 5:18
...be ye not drunk with wine wherein is dissipation...
If one is not meeting obligations that would probably fit as drunkenness.
Beer is food!
Bourbon is American nector of the gods!
Tipple is tipple...
Cheers
God in his goodness, sent the grape,
To cheer both great and small,
Little fools sometimes drink too much,
and great fools not at all.
When people tell you you’re drunk, you’re drunk.
Drunk is not defined by any rational or biblical standard. It is defined by those who want to control your life..
If you are an artist (most of us are but seldom realize it) a light alcohol buzz (a couple of drinks) with a small hit of green bud (weed) can do interesting things to one's art. Weed is a spiritual ingredient that can be utilized to good effect in an artistic way. Taken with alcohol one must first realize that the effect will be to magnify the 'buzz' one gets from drink, so, go lightly.
Not sure I'd want a heart surgeon working under these conditions but painters, sculptors, and musicians might benefit from the 'attention' that comes from such a state. I play music but I'd like to try painting. What I'd expect to gain from stepping away from 'normal' might be things like brush-strokes and color which are endless and which the Masters have set the bar high enough nobody's getting there without serious study and effort.
In music, I've found it easier to blow through ceilings or plateaus that inevitably block my progress to something desired. You can do it without 'lubing' and that may be preferred (no sin, baby). But, if you've got to build a yacht that has to hold two-of-everything, anything that might help you blow-through obstacles could come in handy- especially if it's never been done before.
PS. No powders, pills, or dots in my travels. Getting back to Nature doesn't include wearing a Jet Pack.
My understanding of the many verses on the subject is that you may drink, but you shouldn’t get drunk.
Everyone’s tolerance to alcohol is different, and even one person’s tolerance is different at different times, so you aren’t going to find any absolute standard as to what “drunk” means. The Bible doesn’t focus on physical things like BAC, though, it focuses on spiritual things, so I think it’s a safe standard to say that “drunk” in the Bible means spiritually impaired. If you drink so much that it may cause you to stray spiritually, then I’d say you are drunk in the Biblical sense. If you cannot draw that line, or stop yourself from crossing it, then you probably should not drink at all.
There are also verses in the New Testament which enjoin Christians to refrain from activities which, although we may be responsible enough to engage in, would tempt others who are weaker into sin. I think alcohol falls into that category, so you probably do not want to drink with people who cannot refrain from getting drunk themselves, since you are encouraging them to sin. I think this is the reason some churches advise people to completely refrain from drinking.