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To: Morgana

From the looks of the statement, it would have been a mix of people. Some believing in libertine standards for homosexuals, but others who saw nothing wrong with WWJD vis a vis drinking.


3 posted on 05/19/2012 8:16:41 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Mitt! You're going to have to try harder than that to be "severely conservative" my friend.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Can’t work here if you want to have wine with your dinner at a restaurant.


9 posted on 05/19/2012 8:44:19 PM PDT by Jeff Winston
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To: HiTech RedNeck

I don’t think “prohibits the promotion of alcohol” really jives with your interpretation. Surely Jesus wouldn’t promote alcohol

There are some things you might do, but you might not encourage others to do. That would be very reasonable.

There is also some question whether the wine in Bible times was like the strong, long-aged, highly alcoholic wine of today. Not many years ago, they had “childrens beer” which was barely alcoholic by todays standards. A couple of glasses of today’s wine and a 170lb person who is not used to it can be borderline drunk. I’m not convinced the wine back then was the same

Certainly we know the Bible is against being drunk, and the NT singles out “drunkards” for not entering into the Kingdom of Heaven. But where is the “drunk” line? I’m not sure I know! I know it when I see it! But finding that line is really hard I think. For me, a couple of beers and I’m not in the kind of control I would like to be.


10 posted on 05/19/2012 8:45:44 PM PDT by chuck_the_tv_out
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