DocBrown
Well-Known Member
ALCAP wants to get Mac McCutcheon out of office because he actually did what his constituents wanted?
ALCAP needs to feel the wrath of the people.
Jesus Christ would not be welcomed by the "moral compass" because he turned water into wine.
It's kind of funny. ALCAP cites a book on alcohol in the Bible (full disclosure: I'm a pretty conservative Christian myself and am very familiar with the Bible). I found the book online a while back and skimmed through it. They spend a good bit of time addressing Jesus' first miracle: The turning of water into wine at the wedding at Cana.
The basic argument is as follows:
1) In those days they had the ability to make non-alcoholic beverages from grapes and other fruits.
2) Since drinking wine with alcohol is inappropriate, Jesus couldn't have made alcoholic drinks available to the people at Cana (especially since there were probably children at the wedding - it's inconceivable to think that Jesus would put alcoholic drinks in front of them!).
3) Therefore the "wine" Jesus made at Cana was more of a non-alcoholic grape juice.
4) Since the beverages were non-alcoholic, this passage is not justification for drinking.
5) As a result, it's clear that drinking wine with alcohol is inappropriate.
The actual argument in the book was much more detailed and extensive, and the author probably wouldn't agree that this is a fair synopsis, but this is really what it boiled down to.