is drinking beer a sin?
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Only under one of the following two conditions:  If you drink to get drunk, or if you don't offer me one!\n\nSeriously, Paul taught us that all things are lawful, but not all things are profitable (spiritually speaking).  For example, when my children were younger, I stopped drinking all beer and wine, even though they are cultural drinks I grew up with.  Now that they are adults, I occasionally enjoy a beer or a glass of wine, but not for the purpose of anebriation(sp?).\n\nCheck your motives, then let the Holy Spirit lead you.
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If the selling can be controlled in such a way that it will be consumed only as a beverage, then I guess that it is ok. But if the church groups don't care whether it will make one drunk or not, then I think that selling should not be done...They might become instruments to make one drunk. I once read a passage in the bible (but I forgot the verse now) that drunkards won't be saved. If Jesus cares for even one soul (from his parable of the sheep), then so with us.
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How could that possibly be?  The bible is replete with examples of worshipers of God drinking wine.  Psalms reports that wine is a gift from God.  Then there is the well-known account of Jesus turning water into wine at a wedding feast.  The only time it would probably be disadvantageous is if the person had an inclination toward alcoholism.  For him it would be dangerous and foolish.
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1.  If you use alcohol for health reasons (i.e. one glass of red wine a day is reportedly good for the heart) then i believe that's fine.  But if you let alcohol run away with your senses ....i.e. getting drunk, then i believe its wrong.\n\n2.  Jesus was only doing his mother's bidding, wasn't he?  In that case he didn't do any wrong.
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I'm a big believer that it's not a sin.  I think that a lot of what was put in the Bible were simply rules for staying safe and healthy.  I think at the time you couldn't separate the culture from the religion (even now it's hard to separate the Jewish religion from the Jewish culture) so when they had a cultural issue to deal with it was dealt with in the same way as religious issues.\n\nThink about this - is it really wrong to cook and eat pig or was it maybe that if the pig wasn't cooked properly you could get sick and die.  I would suggest that gambling is the same -- it's just a numbers game and if you want to wager your own money that you can beat the house (which statistically you won't do) then it's not a sin, it's just the smartest thing in the world.  \n\nOf course, it can lead you down a slippery slope to addiction and losing so much that your family is out on the street, but then that would be the problem, not some guy who wants to spend his Saturday night playing a numbers game.  \n\nAs far as your last statement, if you agree with the premise that gambling is a sin, then yes, that would be too.  Think about it like this.  If I killed you and took $1 million off your body and gave it to charity -- it's still a sin.  If I robbed you and gave it away, still a sin.  My argument would be that the premise is wrong, gambling isn't a sin.\n\n(A lot of churches have Bingo night - sounds a lot like gambling to me)
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Depends... if smoking weed and drinking beer get in the way of common life things then yes... but if the person can handle everything and drink and smoke all the time then i say let them be because they are not doing anyone harm.  If anything give up the beer.
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Not a sin, but you could go blind....I'd say you should just do it until you need glasses.
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St Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland in the catholic Church. As the Irish love beer celebrating his feat day usually means drinking a lot of beer.
120690
no i dont think i'll hurt you but thats sick...\ni recently heard though that 1 beer a day keeps the sickness away
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Several Bible verses encourage people to stay away from alcohol. However, Scripture does not necessarily forbid a Christian from drinking beer, wine, or any other drink containing alcohol. Christians are commanded to avoid drunkenness. The Bible condemns drunkenness and its effects. Christians are also commanded to not allow their bodies to be “mastered” by anything.  Scripture also forbids a Christian from doing anything that might offend other Christians or might encourage them to sin against their conscience. In light of these principles, it would be extremely difficult for any Christian to say they are drinking alcohol to the glory of God.\n\nJesus changed water into wine. It even seems that Jesus likely drank wine on occasion. In New Testament times, the water was not very clean. Without modern sanitation efforts, the water was filled with bacteria, viruses, and all kinds of contaminants. The same is true in most third-world countries today. As a result, people often drank wine (or grape juice) because it was far less likely to be contaminated. In 1 Timothy 5:23, Paul was instructing Timothy to stop drinking the water (which was probably causing his stomach problems) and instead drink wine. The Greek word for wine in the Bible is the most basic everyday word for wine. In that day, wine was fermented, but not to the degree it is today. It is incorrect to say that it was grape juice, but it is also incorrect to say that it was the same thing as the wine we use today. Again, Scripture does not necessarily forbid Christians from drinking beer, wine, or any other drink containing alcohol. Alcohol is not, in and of itself, tainted by sin. It is, rather, drunkenness and addiction to alcohol that a Christian must absolutely refrain from.  There are principles in the Bible, however, that make it extremely difficult to argue that a Christian drinking alcohol in any quantity is pleasing to God.
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It's not a sin.  Enjoy yourself.  Just don't get too obsessed with it.  All things in balance.
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Certainly it is ok for a Christian to go - as you said, no drinking, drugs, sex --- we are to live in the world - just not be of it. I think this can be risky because you could be put under a lot of peer pressure to "just have one drink" or things like that - so I think this largely depends on your maturity level as a Christian...how is your walk?  I had a pastor at a church I used to go to who would regularily go to local bars, with another Christian, and use the time to witness to others.  Even if you are going with just friends, you can be a witness by how you have "fun".  Good Luck & God Bless!
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Christians and Alcohol\n\nby David J. Stewart\n\nThere is NO "safe" amount of alcohol\n\n"Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?  They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.  Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.  At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.  Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.  Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.  They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again." -Proverbs 23:29-35\n\nAlcohol is a Mind-Altering Drug\n\nThere is absolutely NO way for a believer to justify drinking alcoholic beverages.  The Scriptures found in Proverbs 23:29-35 clearly warn everyone (Christian or non-Christian) to abstain from the DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE OF ALCOHOL.   "Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.  At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder."  Did you read that?...LOOK NOT!  God is telling us NOT to drink intoxicating wine, not even to "look" at it (i.e., consider drinking it)!  For the wise Christian, drinking alcohol is NOT even an option.\n\nThe Bible is such a practical book.  I recently ran across an atheist's website.  The man tried to discredit God and the Bible by pointing out all the ugly portions of the Bible.  But the real world is ugly and God is very honest with us in the Bible.  It doesn't surprise me that spoiled rotten Americans would have a problem with the Bible.  The Bible puts the cookies on the bottom shelf...the truth is there if you want it.  Most people don't want to hear the truth (but ironically say they do).  \n\nIf you'll take another look at the above passage of Scriptures, you'll find the truth about alcohol...it "biteth like a serpent" and "stingeth like an adder".  "Strange women" is simply a reference to women who are not his wife.  It's just a fact, alcohol and immorality go together!  The reference to a man lying down in the "midst of the sea" is simply his hallucinations from the effects of the alcohol.  Likewise, the hallucination of lying down at the top of the ship's mast.  Alcohol is a DRUG!  This is a well-established FACT.  As such, alcohol should be treated as a drug but is not.  Alcohol abuse has killed millions, whereas Marijuana has not.  So why is alcohol legal when Marijuana is not?   Multitudes of people have spent years in prison for smoking and/or selling Marijuana.  Unbelievably, there are people who have been sentenced to life in prison for mere drug possession, while drunk drivers who committed murder walked away Scot-free.   Alcohol is far more dangerous and intoxicating than Marijuana.  This is a great HYPOCRISY in America.  The Bible clearly teaches that the effects of alcohol have sinful tendencies.  \n\n \n\nAlcohol's Bloodthirsty History\n\nLook again at the Scriptures above..."They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again."  Clearly, this is a reference to drunkenness.  Only God knows how many beer-drinking people have woke up the next morning, suffering from a hangover, not remembering what sins they committed the night before.  Hundreds-of-thousands of alcoholics  have frozen to death on city streets, feeling no coldness due to the numbing effect of the alcohol.  Many others have been jack-rolled (beaten up) and didn't remember anything when they woke up in the hospital.   It is wickedness!  Millions-upon-millions of Americans br
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Not true.  Only crimes of moral turpitude are ineligibilities.  Drinking near a store is just a crime of bad taste and silliness.
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no it is not. it is never forbidden in the scriptures. it is never even dealt with for that matter. Using the principle that 'whatever is not forbidden in permissible', would lead one to conclude it is not sin in and of itself.\n\nso what is it?\n\nIt can be selfish - if it keeps you from your spouse\nIt can be addictive - if guilt and fantasy get the better of you.\nIt can be a wonderful - way to relive tension and anxiety as a creature made to enjoy pleasure.\n\nthe way of wisdom is 'All good things in moderation'
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That might work for every one but the right one.\n\nI Corinthians 10:21 -- "You cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: you cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils."
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if you mean, once or twice a month, i say nothing wrong with that, smoking, don't think so, mainly because it is more addictive and life threatening than alcohol.  if not done in abundancy then things should be fine when talking about drinking.  as far as working in a pub, yeah, go ahead!  nothing wrong with a job, it is a honest job.  and in the bible Jesus too walked among the sinners.  i'm a Christian and my minister has a saying it is ok to be "of the world but not in it"  you can be around those doing wrong as long as you don't join in. and yes Jesus drank wine, but there was no alcohol then, it was a simple mixture of grapes, and berries. but smoking, ehh, i would try not to do that one.  i mean if your body is suppose to be a temple for God, then, who wants a smoked up chimney?  hope that helps.  take care and many blessings.