how does a mere mortal such as myself tell jesus he's had too many tequilas, without pissing him off?
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Wow, hanging with the gods, you are the man!, you go booy.
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It's not a matter of how many drinks a day, it's a matter of whether that person's life is being negatively affected by their drinking.\n\nThat being said, one can only suggest that the person's drinking is hurting them.  In the long run, the person has to make the decision for themselves.  Fortunately, there's help for people who are friends and family of people whose drinking is affecting them.  I would suggest an Al-Anon meeting before you tell someone they "need" AA.
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Use your right to practice religion.\n\nClaim that your religion forbids you to stay sober.\n\nthen raise a stink with the ACLU, NAACP, etc....
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jesus said neither do i condem thee, go and sin no more..\nmaybe blaming is not the best solution
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Yup, the bible warned us that satan will talk to you in your moment of weakness. \n\nto heal, you need to say 666 hail mary's and drink one brewed page of the NIV new testament bible per day for 666 days.  If satan is right, he will change your drink to wine and you can party in Hades with him.
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I am concerned.Preaching hellfire and brimstone is not always going to be the best way to start off a conversation.Every single one of us are different.Some people go off at the mere mention of Jesus Christ or all religions for that matter.Then some are willing to here what some people say with an open mind.Some people who witness to others don't always think out what their going to do,and how their going to do it.Some people are given the gift of bringing souls to Christ.Some stumble when they try.\n\nPeople that witness to others cannot and will not ever be able to make someone believe.There holy mandate is to bring the gospel to the masses,and have grace when doing so.Not everybody can find that fine line.\n\nNext time someone witnesses to you,and you feel their wrong.Tell them to stop,and to remember the way Jesus did it.He did it with grace,love,and adhering to his father's law.\n\nPeace be unto you.
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Firstly, I do not buy into the doctrine of either none or lots.  Now then with that said, let me share some data with you.  When I was 23 I got seriously drunk and I went to the toilet and hung my head over the edge of the bowl and I puked and puked then dry heaved until I went to sleep.  When I awoke and noticed all those different pubie/pubic hairs all so variously adhered to its rim with that foul mix of dried yellow dots, I told myself, "I'll never get drunk again."  Now, I know some folk are full of fecal matter and such a self=promise wouldn't amount to a hill of digested beans.  I'm now 62 and that was 39 years ago and I have not been drunk!  I will not drive if I have drank more than two beers and if I come to visit whoever, if a snack included I will drink another if time is in my favor; like no tanking.  They say if three beers a day, then that person is acoholic; I am therefore an alcoholic.  I generally slow-sip about five or six beers per day.  Text-books of medicine proclaim a shot of whyskey per day is beneficial for longivity since it does some beneficial things within your body.  So, when say stop all, I realise they are coming from ignorance and know not what they are saying and I correspondingly bid them a nice day.  I have a bunch of long-term associates and my drinking has never alarmed any of them because they know I will not drink into a stupor and my mind remains entirely sensible.  I suggest to all, if you prefer a beer to a soda, have at it; but by all means, do drink responsibly.  So now you know why I do not listen to a smacked idiot.
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Well yes God has emotions like all of us. Jesus laughed and was really humorous in his teachings.\nIt would not surprise me in the least if when i got to heaven Jesus was drinking a beer just hanging out and telling jokes!\n\nP.S. people try to say that wine in ancient times wasn't alchol but more like grape juice. this is wrong. wine in ancient times was alchol and very strong.  It is not a sin to drink alchol but it is to get drunk.\nold wine was contaminated wine. new wine was not. this is why they never mixed it!
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There are references in the Bible against drunkenness.  I can't think of anything off the top of my head in the Bible that forbids controlled drinking.\n\nHere are a list of references from the Bible, as well as other scriptures, concerning drunkenness:  http://scriptures.lds.org/tgd/drnknnss.\n\nI do, however, believe that drinking is a sin, except in the case of partaking of the sacrament.  (http://scriptures.lds.org/dc/89/5#5)
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Sounds like he's way jealous that you're not a fat drugged out alcoholic.  I really wouldn't suggest stooping to his level to insult him, you sound like you're better than that. He's just bitter and insecure.
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Repent. This is the most you can do. Remember Jesus died for our sins. \n\nThe next time you feel the urge to do it again, pray to the Lord Jesus Christ,"Please help me not to fall into such temptations again Lord, amen". I believe that the our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ will forgive you. But you must remember not to do it again, for in one of the scriptures, it says, "Sin no more or you shall perish, without remedy"(Something like that)\n\nI will pray for you and at the same time, you must believe you can curb this addiction. \n\nGod Bless
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I used to hear that  drunk people speak the truth...and then I had to deal with a parent who sadly struggled with alcoholism (and has since conquered) for many years, and I can say that it's difficult for a person to even speak coherently when drunk, much less speak the "truth". And, since I have unfortunately been drunk on a few occasions in my life, I can say that when drunk, it feels like having the flu. Speaking eloquently is not easily done when lying on a cold bathroom floor, hanging onto a toilet. Drinking a bit with a very trusted friend "on occasion" can indeed be fun, just as having the freedom to open your heart and soul to a much-loved friend can be almost a spiritual experience. The selection and appreciation of fine wines and liquors can be an art and one of the more enjoyable pleasures in our earthly lives...it enhances fine food and can make a dining experience even more memorable. But drunkenness is most miserable, indeed. For everyone. \n\nI feel I've already answered the question, but just to be perfectly clear: Being drunk does not enhance the communication of truth. To be truthful requires a clear head. It is my experience that being drunk can make a person quite cruel, emotionally or physically abusive, and downright ugly. It can distort a person's appearance as well as their thinking. It's a destructive force upon a person's physical, mental, spiritual and emotional health and can destroy the best of families.\n\nAs far as the gender of the person in question, that is a ludicrous statement and another example of a sad generalization....of which there are many.
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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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Easy.  Just ask Jesus for forgiveness and then don't sin again.  He WILL forgive you.
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If you have a concern, you should write to Senator Kennedy.\nI get tired of hearing about his drinking after all these years.  People change--probably like a lot of you all.\n\nEdward Kennedy has always supported the working man, even though he is a wealthy man.  That tells me he considers the marjority of the country and understands what it is all about.\n\nI would hate to think I would never be forgiven for one or two sins I've committed in my life.  Also, we only need forgiveness from our God, not society.  Everyone errs and everyone is human.
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:}\nIt does not say alcoholics will go to hell\n\nalcoholics desire Alcholl\ndrunkards consume it.\n1 Cor 6:9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,\n\n10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.\n\n11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God."\n\nI don't believe drinking is necessarily a sin but for some who are controlled by it , it doesn't look good.
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Do a miracle.\nYou could try changing wine into water, that's not too difficult. You just need to drink a bottle infront of a witness then urinate it all out into a bucket - hey presto. A miracle.\n\nThen you can name your day.