Why do some Christians think it is sinful to drink alcohol; when their Bible Heroes guzzled wine all the time?

Answer 1

My wacko sister says that "wine" in the bible actually means grape juice. Like the queen of hearts in Alice in Wonderland, "A word means anything I say it means."

This equally applies to most of the modern versions. and note version IS NOT translation, but a paraphrasing. Changing a word to one close, but with a different meaning. Like water and fluid. Like eunuch and man. Find the truth behind the word eunuch and the reason they did that is obvious.

Answer 2

It's not so much the drinking of wine that some christians have a problem with - it's the OVERDRINKING part. And they use drunkness in the Bible as proof as to how bad the behaviour can be (Noah's sons, Sampson, etc)

Not all Christians look at wine as demonic...Catholics use it in mass, for example.

And I assume that the wine mentioned in the Bible could cover of variety and strengths of wine, from the type watered down to rich wine, since fresh water was hard to come by.

Answer 3

And that drinking was not to God's liking or approval. Noah got drunk and was found naked in his tent, causing Ham to be chastised for seeing him that way. Lot got drunk by his daughters and fathered two sons by those same two daughters. These were not good things to be copied.
There is also the matter of interpretation between new wine and old wine. New wine was essentially grape juice. Old wine was fermented. What kind of wine did Jesus create for the wedding feast? I don't know but it was considered to be the best there. Was it fermented or new? I don't know.
Nowhere in the scriptures does it talk approvingly on getting drunk. Paul taught that a Bishop should not be an imbiber of strong drinks. The many evils brought on by drunkeness today should be testimony enough to the evil of alcohol itself. Partaking of the fruit of the vine is one thing but to let that fruit go bad via fermentation is entirely different.

Answer 4

When it is pointed out that Christ turned water into wine, they assert that the “wine” of ancient times was of such an inferior quality, due to the lack of good fermentation processes, that it was essentially grape juice which contained little or no alcohol.

Scripture makes it quite clear that the people of Scripture used alcoholic wine, sometimes sinfully

Christians agree that drinking wine to excess is a sin.

But Scripture and Tradition agree that moderate drinking is morally acceptable: “No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments” (1 Tim. 5:23).

Answer 5

Alcohol was supported in biblical times because it was either drink alcohol or die from dehydration (or die from unpurified water, you're choice). Alcohol in biblical times also didn't have as high of a proof as it does today because they didn't have the technology. For those reasons, Christianity has generally turned away from alcohol. It's just not necessary any more, and its screws with one's mind faster and to a greater extent in modern times. The disadvantages overwhelm the advantages. And, so you know, alcohol is not a panacea. For anything that web reports say alcohol fixes, there are tried-and-true traditional methods that generally work better.

Answer 6

The bible does not order us to not drink alcoholic drink,It says to not drink to drunkenness.that drunkenness is a sin.
some Christians believe it better to be safe than sorry.and stress abstinence.
I don't recall any verses referring to guzzling wine all the time although they did drink wine and used it for celebrations and holy days.
I can only think of 2 references to people being drunk. Lot and Noah. and 2 mistaken accusations of drunkenness Hannah and the disciples at Pentecost.
there may be more but I cant think of them at this time.
If you research your thoughts a little before you type em down you can save yourself the embarrassment of appearing dumb.
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Answer 7

It never has been a sin to drink alcohol.. the sin is drunkenness. If it was sinful to drink alcohol Jesus would have said something at the Wedding feast of Cana and would have told his mother that he wouldn't make more wine because everyone was drunk all ready.

Answer 8

1st of all a great deal of the Wine drank by the heroes of the Bible was either actually Grape Juice (which was and still is called Wine), or if it had Alcohol in it, tons of Water was poured into it to totally weaken it so that people could drink Wine without getting drunk from it.

And Scripture has a whole lot to say about getting Drunk, scripture even says that no Drunks will inheirit the Kingdom of God.

Answer 9

The Bible is not a book of perfect people doing perfect things. One of the reasons it was given by God was to teach through others examples.

Yes Godly men did wrong just like we all do. Alcohol is a mind altering substance. In Proverbs 23:29-35 it talks about alcohol and what it does as in "beholding strange women," "stinging like an addar," "your heart uttering perverse things."

In the last verse it say "I will seek it yet again." It is addictive and in verse 31 it says to stay away from it.

So folks it is in there! (the Bible)

Answer 10

It comes from the mentality that if something in excess is bad or harmful, then the whole thing is bad or evil. The bible does speak quite negatively about being a drunkard (various verses in Proverbs). So instead of doing the rational thing by practicing moderation rather than over indulgence, the Christians eliminate it altogether. It's called extremism. And ironically, they are some of the biggest advocates against most other forms of extremism other than abstinence.