2007-06-24 14:02:38 · 9 answers · asked by icarus p 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Certainly not. In my church, wine is served during Communion. Christ turned water into wine. There's no Biblical prohibition on alcohol, except for warnings about drunkenness, which is a different matter. I grew up in a devoutly religious family, and wine was often served with meals, because that's part of our ethnic culture. There's nothing in the Scriptures saying that people have to give up drinking wine.
2007-06-24 14:14:33 · answer #1 · answered by solarius 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus changed water into wine. It even seems that Jesus drank wine on occasion (John 2:1-11; Matthew 26:29). In New Testament times, the water was not very clean. Without modern sanitation efforts, the water was often filled with bacteria, viruses, and all kinds of contaminants. The same is true in many 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. In that day, wine was fermented (containing alcohol), but necessarily 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 commonly used 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 (Ephesians 5:18; 1 Corinthians 6:12).
2007-06-24 22:06:30 · answer #2 · answered by Freedom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on how much you drink. If you drink a glass of wine with dinner, then no, of course not. It's supposed to aid digestion to drink a small glass with dinner.
If you drink all day, every day, then yeah, it's bad for you.
2007-06-24 21:07:15 · answer #3 · answered by arewethereyet 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is a choice for you to make. The bible tells us not to be drunk, it never says to not drink wine at all. In Paul's letter, he writes, "all things are allowable, not all things are expedient". It is a personal choice of a Christian whether to drink at all....or not at all.
2007-06-24 21:07:52 · answer #4 · answered by Esther 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You should be Catholic, then you could have wine at every mass :)
2007-06-24 21:08:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily. See http://www.bcbsr.com/topics/alcohol.html
2007-06-24 21:24:02 · answer #6 · answered by Steve Amato 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, as long as it is in moderation. It's only bad when you drink enough to affect your judgement.
2007-06-24 21:07:12 · answer #7 · answered by amondriscoll 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
yes
2007-06-24 21:07:37 · answer #8 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
2007-06-24 21:06:39 · answer #9 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋