The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission | The Christian and Alcohol | Comments http://erlc.com/ This feed provides all comments on "The Christian and Alcohol." en web-master@erlc.com ℗ & © 2008 ERLC Comment 1 http://erlc.com/article/the-christian-and-alcohol#comment1 http://erlc.com/article/the-christian-and-alcohol#comment1 While Scripture clearly condemns drunkenness, it does not prohibit alcoholic consumption.

Jesus certainly turned the water into wine and not fruit juice. We can confirm that this wine had a potential to induce drunkenness if not used responsibly based upon the Governor’s comments about most people bringing out bad wine last after people have “good and drunk”.

While I have never taken a drink in my life and therefore have no motive to justify myself on this issue Biblically, we would do well NOT to impose man’s laws on our brothers and sisters should we have a stricter conviction on this matter.

]]> Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:37:57 CST Comment 2 http://erlc.com/article/the-christian-and-alcohol#comment2 http://erlc.com/article/the-christian-and-alcohol#comment2 I agree with you, but as stated in the whole article of Mr. Land’s, millions of people are addicted or related to someone who is addicted. Should we participate or encourage something that has almost NO value? I just had a debate type talk with a “babe” in Christ and he is absolutely against alcohol but scripture wise the only prohibition is drunkeness. This subject is a tough one. We abstain for various reasons. One being that we live in the Bible Belt and for us our witness is more important than alcohol. Two, we came from alcoholic parents and alcohol just doesn’t appeal to us. At the same time I want to balanced for my children’s sake. If I teach them that to drink alcohol is a sin then I am lying. What we do teach is that being drunk is a sin and that drinking alcohol can lead to worse things.  This is really a sorted subject with hot heads on both sides.

]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:40:00 CST Comment 3 http://erlc.com/article/the-christian-and-alcohol#comment3 http://erlc.com/article/the-christian-and-alcohol#comment3 I COULD NOT DISAGREE WITH THE PREVIOUS POST MORE.  My father in law was an alcoholic and I have seen the devastation that it has caused.  As a pastor, I have seen hundred of lives ruined by alcohol.  I believe the Bible says we should choose that which is best.  In today’s society there are many other choices and to be a part of an industry that destroys so many lives is adhorrent to me.

]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:15:43 CST Comment 4 http://erlc.com/article/the-christian-and-alcohol#comment4 http://erlc.com/article/the-christian-and-alcohol#comment4 My case in point..... I did say that we don’t participate in alcohol consumption.

]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:04:55 CST Comment 5 http://erlc.com/article/the-christian-and-alcohol#comment5 http://erlc.com/article/the-christian-and-alcohol#comment5 Correction, because of the time delay, when I said the previous post at that time it was the FIRST one by Greg Jones.  I apologize to the other post that came in between the comments.

This is a major issue in our society today.  As citizens of heaven, as children of God, our standards must be higher than to lead others to a path that will destroy their lives, their marriages, their children.

]]> Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:06:55 CST Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:21:30 CST Comment 6 http://erlc.com/article/the-christian-and-alcohol#comment6 http://erlc.com/article/the-christian-and-alcohol#comment6 I was a victim of years of alcohol consumption. As a child my family had very few weekends without “knock down drag out brawling in our home” because of alcohol. OUr family could never have a positive cook out or family gathering because my father and his brother’s had to drink and it would end up in a fight before it was all over. I could go on and on. I for one cannot in any way, other than medicinal purposes, justify the consumption of alcohol. There just isn’t any positives at all with this product.

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