Why may the church serve alcohol to minors, yet thoes who view marijuana as a sacrement may not even use it?
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fasinating reading material part of the universal rightiousness that is religion i thought i was the only one that read the scriptures in the state of mind that allows me to feel closer to my god and my brother jesus christ after all the only thing that scares a polition is the uproar of a people that is totally devoted to their god and their belief  (the indians and their ghost dance)
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i don't think you will go to hell for smoking herb if you confess with your mouth and believe in your heart that jesus christ is lord..however i do believe it is a stumbling block to other believers...to do whatever sin they feel like doing because God will forgive them.
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Catholics have more fun.  Especially alcoholic ones.  That's the whole point of Catholisism.  Pain old deubochery is good for peoples souls and Okay at St. Peters.  God don't want no prude...period.
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there shouldnt be a certain age. instead, people should be taught to think in a rational & realistic manner. this way, such things wont be glamorized & wind up playing into pop cultre as a forbidden fruit. stigma removed, minor indulgences may not be taken seriously leading to decriminalization. legal issues, as everyone (should by now) knows, lead to social paranoias and drain the judicials recources while padding pockets of preditor officials & politicians with the money & property siezed from those accused of aleged crimes. crimes committed while intoxicated are never fault of illicit substances, merely a scapegoat for the irresponsible thus fukn up my rights to pursue alternative recreaton.
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Wine was important as it was their main, if not only, drinking source. Water in that area at that time was not safe to drink so they did not partake and they did not have the knowledge that we do today of boiling water to purify it. This was the same reason that the Ancient Egyptians were known for brewing beer. Even in the New Testament times, that was the case. Take the story of the wedding at Cana as an example. They had jars of water that most people today don't understand why they didn't drink. Then Jesus turned it into wine so that it was drinkable. The water wasn't safe. It had nothing to do with people back then being drunkards as many Christian denominations today say was the case so they choose that reason to prohibit it. If Jesus and his followers drank wine, why is it forbidden by so many Christians today and throughout history?
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Alcohol if more toxic, addictive and destructive.  Have you ever heard of marijuana poisoning, marijuanaism, marijuana abuse, and Fetal Marijuana Syndrome in children?  I've also never heard or seen someone crash from driving high.  I have seen people crash and die from being drunk, have alcohol poisoning leading to ER trips, death from alcohol abuse (poisoning).  AA is specifically made for alcholics.  Marijuana takes the edge off all the people I've seen take it and makes them less aggressive.  I've never seen a violent person from marijuana, but have seen people arrested from violence due to alcohol as well as seen family and friends turn blue from the alcohol.\n\nEurope manages this well in respects to alcohol.  They teach their kids to drink very early and teach them to moderate their consumption thus it becomes less of a problem when the children grow up and arent so concerned about getting trashed.  We need to take the novelty away from the children at an early age so it becomes less exciting in their teen age years.  Marijuana is less of an issue than is smoking and drinking.  Marijuana should be legalized and sold by the govt to reduce drug trafficking concerns.  Thus the govt makes money and wins the war on drugs (in terms of Mary-J) all at once.
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Some say that it's sex education, instead of prayer, in the schools. And a failure to practice abstinence.\n\nAnd drugs of course: starting with marijuana, turning kids into dope fiends. I just got a DVD of "Reefer Madness" and can't wait to watch it.
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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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The consumtion of alcohol is prohibited in most Muslims belief's.  When in Rome do as the Romans do.  We are guests in their country, even if we did not ask them if they wanted us there.  We should not do anything that goes against that.
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you are posing the same idea that Lucifer did to Eve. That God had some evil intent in His edict. Why or why not eat of the tree is not the issue. God could have just as well of said "Do not pee where the grass does not grow" The real issue is whether to obey God or not. The exercise of free will as according to Gods plan was initiated here so that after the full consequence of self interest is evident and the world is impacted as it has been God could then show that the exercise of the will by choosing to Love God through Christ would be possible, to the intent that the manifold wisdom of God might be known by the church to the principalities and powers in heavenly places.
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having alchoholic beverages isn't bad. but having it fill you, that's the bad thing thing. christians are not advised to it due to our human nature having things that is too much for us. it is advised in the Ephesians to "..be filled of the Holy Spirit instead of wine." Timothy was a disciple of Paul yet Paul advised Him to take a LITLLE wine to improve his health. 'drinking" isn't prohibited in christianity, it is BEING DRUNK that is being abominated.
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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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Society defines what is acceptable drug use and what is abuse. It does not have to make sense because its all wrapped up in the politics of drugs. \n\nMixing drugs isn't really abuse its just stupid, which has no cure other than when the stupid manage to kill themselves. Using a minor drug like marijuana to control pain may be illegal but it is not abuse. Using marijuana to get high is drug abuse, so is using alcohol to get drunk.
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Because thats what they drank.  Jesus himself turned water into wine.  Its what they drank.  It could be consumed without being piss drunk.  Times today were different then.
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Maybe some parents believe that if they don't know about it then they won't try it. But I think that some parents are acting naive regarding this idea. It's better to educate kids (well) about drugs and alcohol coupled with parents talking to their kids as well about it. We can't leave the responsibility solely with the school. The school should also support the "parenting" of these kids since the do spend a considerable amount of time in the school with their peers. It's a balancing act and as parents we can just hope and pray that we brought them up well.
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Some religions shun the use of all liquor, while others are more tolerant.  One of the religions which shuns drinking alcohol is the Baptist Church.
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There's a passage of Scripture that speaks of how "A LITTLE wine is good for the infirmities of the stomach", and the Bible speaks openly of it's SYMBOLISM involving purity. Therefore, I would say, don't drink it in excess, for being drunk displeases God and damages the Temple (us) in which He wants to dwell.