Theosophical Zohar-Cap 36
... this is a bit on the mend as doctors are realizing that the spiritual well-being of a patient is directly connected to the physical recovery from illness. Shamans were and are men of experience and not of innocence, which can never be an ideal for any healthy culture. And of course, the fact that in ...
... this is a bit on the mend as doctors are realizing that the spiritual well-being of a patient is directly connected to the physical recovery from illness. Shamans were and are men of experience and not of innocence, which can never be an ideal for any healthy culture. And of course, the fact that in ...
WORLDLINESS – 9
... A. JN. 2:1-11 – People are quick to remind you - remember preacher that Jesus turned water into wine. There conclusion from this is that it must be OK to drink alcohol. Remember what we have already discussed that the term wine does not always mean an intoxicating beverage. We need to insure that we ...
... A. JN. 2:1-11 – People are quick to remind you - remember preacher that Jesus turned water into wine. There conclusion from this is that it must be OK to drink alcohol. Remember what we have already discussed that the term wine does not always mean an intoxicating beverage. We need to insure that we ...
Christian views on alcohol
Christian views on alcohol are varied. Throughout the first 1,800 years of church history, Christians consumed alcoholic beverages as a common part of everyday life and used ""the fruit of the vine"" in their central rite—the Eucharist or Lord's Supper. They held that both the Bible and Christian tradition taught that alcohol is a gift from God that makes life more joyous, but that over-indulgence leading to drunkenness is sinful or at least a vice. The Bible indicates wine as a symbol of joy while ""strong drink"" is a euphemism for drunkenness. In the mid-19th century, some Protestant Christians moved from this historic position of allowing moderate use of alcohol (sometimes called moderationism) to either deciding that not imbibing was wisest in the present circumstances (abstentionism) or prohibiting all ordinary consumption of alcohol because it was believed to be a sin (prohibitionism). Methodists were early leaders in the temperance movement of the 19th and 20th centuries, which had followers from many Protestant churches. Today, all three of these positions exist in Christianity, but the historic position remains the most common worldwide, due to the adherence by the largest bodies of Christians including Anglicanism, Catholicism, and Orthodoxy.