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ryathal@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
For the alcohol thing, it’s mostly about excess. Otherwise you have to ignore the first miracle Jesus performed was essentially a beer run.
Drives me crazy how many churches still manage to conclude that drinking is an outright sin. Like… forget the conversations we can have about the particulars of drunkenness versus drinking, how did we ever get past Jesus turning water into wine to believe this was a sin in the first place?
You have to jump through so many hoops of ignoring the obvious in scripture to even begin to argue for it, and yet it’s a widespread belief.
Yep the no alcohol makes no sense, public drunkenness or alcoholism are different, but alcohol use is pretty common. It’s not just the water to wine thing, there’s also the last supper where he essentially gave a toast of “continue to toast in my name.”
Maven@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Oh yeah for sure. Drinking on its own isn’t a problem.
Drinking during a celebration though seems to be an issue.
ryathal@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Again the miracle was a beer run for a wedding, soni think celebration and drinking can go together.