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I am a man that loves to have a good beer once in a while and have been known to drink a little too much at time (maybe once or Twice a year). :hmmm: At what point does drinking become a sin. Is the actual act of drinking (Some protestants think so), or is it only sinful when one looses control of his/herself and commit sinful acts?
 
it [is] only sinful when one loses control of his/herself and commit sinful acts
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or drinks in such excess that it causes health problems.
 
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I am a man that loves to have a good beer once in a while and have been known to drink a little too much at time (maybe once or Twice a year). :hmmm: At what point does drinking become a sin. Is the actual act of drinking (Some protestants think so), or is it only sinful when one looses control of his/herself and commit sinful acts?
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Getting drunk is a sin by itself, no matter what you do while drunk. Drunkenness is condemned over and over again in Scripture.
 
These verses might help:
Leviticus 10:9; Numbers 6:3; Deuteronomy 14:26; 29:6; Judges 13:4,7,14; 1 Samuel 1:15; Proverbs 20:1; 31:4,6; Isaiah 5:11,22; 24:9; 28:7; 29:9; 56:12; Micah 2:11; Luke 1:15; Proverbs 23:29-35; 1 Corinthians 6:12; 2 Peter 2:19; Ephesians 5:18; 1 Corinthians 8:9-13

Sorry I didn’t show them all… but just to many <<…
 
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Getting drunk is a sin by itself, no matter what you do while drunk. Drunkenness is condemned over and over again in Scripture.
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I think his question is what constitutes drunkenness. Good question. When you feel any effect? When you slur speech? Or when you can barely stand? etc.

Scott
 
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I think his question is what constitutes drunkenness. Good question. When you feel any effect? When you slur speech? Or when you can barely stand? etc…
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How about when you find yourself “praying to the porcelain god”??
~ Kathy ~
 
Scott Waddell:
I think his question is what constitutes drunkenness. Good question. When you feel any effect? When you slur speech? Or when you can barely stand? etc.
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I’ve often wondered this too. It seems that drunkeness would involve significant impairment.

Some people have a higher tolerance to alcohol thus allowing them to drink more without exhibiting symptoms of impairment as readily as others.

If one is able to handle a lot of alcohol without getting *drunk, *than are they culpable in some way for doing damage to the body by loading it down with alcohol or gluttony?
 
Scott Waddell:
I think his question is what constitutes drunkenness. Good question. When you feel any effect? When you slur speech? Or when you can barely stand? etc.
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I looked up the English definition of drunkenness and found two meanings. One is the temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol (inebriation). The other is “habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms.”

I wonder which definition is closer to the meaning of the original Hebrew and Greek words in the Bible.

I looked up CatholicCid’s verses. They provide an interesting overview of Biblical attitudes toward alcohol. Several of the verse refer to the Nazirite vow which certain people (e.g. Samson, Samuel, John the Baptist) took to never cut their hair, never drink alcohol, etc. Other verses said that priests and princes should not “drink on the job” letting alcohol interfere with their judgement. A couple of the verses talked about the good side of alcohol - for fellowship and that sort of thing. The New Testament verses seem more concerned about whether consuming alcohol will lead you to away from God and toward other sins, and whether the sight of you drinking is going to lead others astray.

–Bill
 
My uncle works at Catholic Answers, and asked a Priest there about this. He said that drinking becomes a sin when you do things that you wouldn’t normally do.
 
Alcohol is not a sin. It is a vice that leads to sin. You can drink in moderation. When you over indulge in something (gluttony), then it becomes a sin. Altering your normal state is the sinful act. But then again how much of us are really normal?
 
A good rule of thumb: If you start thinking that you may have a problem with something, then more than likely you do and should do something about it. Put in another way: If in doubt, cast it out (and see how clear things become then).
 
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