Why Christians shouldn't drink alcohol (even if it's in moderation, it's a sin!)

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At least the thread has gotten quite humorous over the last page or so.

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Lochias said:
I get this from various people at times (I don’t drink very often, simply because of the price. Tonight is a calculated splurge).

Even so, it’s being called boring. Not exactly high up on the list of personal sufferings and grievances a person can experience. Certainly not enough to explode into a righteous, one-man crusade against the “evils of alcohol.”
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just to clarify, obviously recovering alcoholics shouldn’t drink. its the people on the moral crusade objecting to booze on principle that are boring. that they don’t trust themselves to drink is one thing, but objecting to my partaking?
 
TheRealJuliane said:
Go back and read the posts again, it is very disrespectful language that are being used, making hints that if you joke about drinking you are sinful and so on.
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I never said it is sinful just bad behaviour.

I know what alcohol can do, how strong and deceitful it can be, how it can turn a persons head all around so that they no longer have responsibillity or dont even care about their own kin, neither wife nor Children, i have personal experience about it.

I can see that you in this thread are mocking me for what i am saying.

May God forgive all of you since you do not know what you say or do.
 
Fairwinds said:
just to clarify, obviously recovering alcoholics shouldn’t drink. its the people on the moral crusade objecting to booze on principle that are boring. that they don’t trust themselves to drink is one thng, but objecting to my partaking?
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Friends don’t let friends use Comic Sans.
 
CatholicGeek1 said:
It is everywhere on this forum… You don’t agree with me on interpreting Genesis - You are a sinner, you don’t agree with me on how we should dress - You are a sinner, You watch TV shows that I don’t like - You are a sinner, and on and on it goes.
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I agree. I think some people here get way too upset over the little things. It’s a problem to be sure. But I suppose it’s bound to happen on some level:shrug:
 
anjoh66 said:
I never said it is sinful just bad behaviour.

I know what alcohol can do, how strong and deceitful it can be, how it can turn a persons head all around so that they no longer have responsibillity or dont even care about their own kin, neither wife nor Children, i have personal experience about it.

I can see that you in this thread are mocking me for what i am saying.

May God forgive all of you since you do not know what you say or do.
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You should be careful, it can be an awfully long fall from that high of a horse.
 
anjoh66 said:
I never said it is sinful just bad behaviour.

I know what alcohol can do, how strong and deceitful it can be, how it can turn a persons head all around so that they no longer have responsibillity or dont even care about their own kin, neither wife nor Children, i have personal experience about it.

I can see that you in this thread are mocking me for what i am saying.

May God forgive all of you since you do not know what you say or do.
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If you had just come onto the thread and said something like, “There’s alcoholism in my family, therefore I cannot joke about drinking in any way,” that would have been much more effective than bursting onto the scene and scolding us like we are children and you are the teacher.

I suspected that you had that sort of experience. Some of the worst and most miserable people I know are the family members of alcoholics. It’s a family disease and the effects are widespread.

Try Al-Anon, it’s worldwide.
 
abinjoy said:
God also gives us a chance to abstain from things which we like:D
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He also gave us the opportunity to enjoy what he has given us in this world, alcohol being one of those things.

I don’t think God wants us to go about wearing sack cloth and ashes, he wants us to help our fellow man… The odd drink (or 6) won’t hinder us in this regard.
 
TheRealJuliane said:
Here you go.

Al-Anon Sweden

Try it, it will help you.
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I know them, havent been there but i have been to AA

I am talking about my stepfather and the father of my sibblings, he died out of alcohol abuse.

Dont get me wrong, i didnt say i dont drink, but i see it a Little bit unfitting to joke about.

What scares me is that prayer warriors and people who is discerning vocations can take this so lightly and throw mockery on me, i cant see how that could be combined with good catholic behaviour.

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The internet surely does bring out the worst in people, they say things they should never say in reality, and that is not just about this very thread.
 
anjoh66 said:
I know them, havent been there but i have been to AA

I am talking about my stepfather and the father of my sibblings, he died out of alcohol abuse.

Dont get me wrong, i didnt say i dont drink, but i see it a Little bit unfitting to joke about.

What scares me is that prayer warriors and people who is discerning vocations can take this so lightly and throw mockery on me, i cant see how that could be combined with good catholic behaviour.
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I didn’t see any mockery taking place. I see people responding to allegations of mockery and allegations of joking about alcoholism that simply did not take place and are based on your interpretation of comments.
 
CatholicGeek1 said:
I didn’t see any mockery taking place. I see people responding to allegations of mockery and allegations of joking about alcoholism that simply did not take place and are based on your interpretation of comments.
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its true, this thread is about alcohol in moderation and the sin of drinking in moderation.
 
CatholicGeek1 said:
I didn’t see any mockery taking place. I see people responding to allegations of mockery and allegations of joking about alcoholism that simply did not take place and are based on your interpretation of comments.
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The above poster did in post 215
 
TheRealJuliane said:
If you had just come onto the thread and said something like, “There’s alcoholism in my family, therefore I cannot joke about drinking in any way,” that would have been much more effective than bursting onto the scene and scolding us like we are children and you are the teacher.

I suspected that you had that sort of experience. Some of the worst and most miserable people I know are the family members of alcoholics. It’s a family disease and the effects are widespread.

Try Al-Anon, it’s worldwide.
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I know some of you have read some of my other threads about me being married to an abusive alcoholic ex of a husband. I don’t condone drinking if it is done in moderation cuz Jesus has set an example for us saying that it is ok. After all, drunkedness is very much a sin. There is a difference between moderating and getting so drunk.

TheRealJulianne>>Even tho I was married to an alcoholic. My mum was one herself and died from cirohisis of the liver, I can happily say I am one of the happiest people around. Having God in my life prevented me from becoming miserable and unhappy. I make the choice not to drink and that is my choice just like it is everyone else’s choice as well.

After having read or skimmed most of this thread, I do have one question for you all. What if Jesus actually created sweet wine instead of fermented wine?? I don’t think they had the ability to do fermentation back then.
 
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