| Christians? Non-Drinkers?
Posted: 1/20/2005 5:31:12 PM | | Just curious how many Christians are on here that would head out to a get-together planned at some place besides a bar? Am I alone? | |
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| Christians? Non-Drinkers?
Posted: 1/22/2005 2:35:22 AM | | I don't think that the problem with a bar is necessarily that there's alcohol there. | |
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| Christians? Non-Drinkers?
Posted: 1/22/2005 10:25:46 AM | | The place i go dose not cahnge my faith..It might effect my actions a bit.. meaning i become a bone head and slip up.. but it dosen not make me a non beliver. I drink from time to time.. good example.. i went to a 2 keg party last night and did not drink a drop. I think if your causeing someone else to stumble then you should not drink.. | |
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| Christians? Non-Drinkers?
Posted: 1/22/2005 1:00:22 PM | | If you have a weakness for drink.. you should avoid any place that could trip you up. | |
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| Christians? Non-Drinkers?
Posted: 1/22/2005 4:10:08 PM | | Yes kychik I only go to get togethers that do not relvolve around a drinking environment. However I will drink an occasional glass of wine and I know several other Christians that drink on occasion. I think the key is to not abuse alchol and don't get drunk. Jesus drank wine but he never got drunk. They teach that drinking is totally wrong at my church but I know that is not correct or completely biblical. There are many condemnations about drinking in the bible and there are a few good reviews as well. As with all things in life I think that moderation is the key. | |
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| Don't need alcohol
Posted: 1/22/2005 4:22:57 PM | I definitely prefer no alcohol. But really, it's smoke that bothers me more. If my neighbour is drinking, I don't get intoxicated, but if my neighbor is smoking, I choke and wheeze if I can't get away.
I suppose there are four kinds of opinions:
Those who would only consider a get together if alcohol is involved.
Those who would enjoy a get together if alcohol is involved.
Those who would tolerate a get together if alcohol is involved.
Those who would only consider a get together if NO alcohol is involved.
I'm somewhere between tolerate and enjoy. It really depends on the behaviour of everyone else. If they're all responsible drinkers, I'd enjoy it. If only some get a little out of hand, I'd tolerate it. If it's a get-drunk-fest, COUNT ME OUT! | |
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| Don't need alcohol
Posted: 1/22/2005 7:25:15 PM | | Ummm... I didn't say that I felt ALL CHRISTIANS are NON-DRINKERS... I just asked if there were any Christians that were non-drinkers that would prefer that type of party... didn't mean to upset everyone. I am a Christian and I don't drink... I'm not a Christian because I don't drink... and I am not a non-drinker because I'm a Christian. I just choose to be a Christian and I choose not to drink... and really prefer being around others not drinking... and figured if I went to a party at a bar... my chances of being around a bunch of non-drinkers were much less likely. Now don't go reading into something I didn't say... I'm not saying just because you're in a bar - you're drinking... good grief all I want to know is.... are there any Christians....who are also non-drinkers.... that would be interested in a get-together? Heck I didn't even say I was gonna plan one... curiosity just got the best of me, that's all. | |
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| Don't need alcohol
Posted: 1/23/2005 10:10:01 AM | God created Alcohol cus he loves us and wants us to be happy.
As with anything too much can be bad, hence common sence and brains.
Why not use one gift to safly enjoy another?
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| Don't need alcohol
Posted: 9/22/2005 12:46:18 PM | | god dont mind if we drink, he just dosent want us getting drunk. | |
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| Don't need alcohol
Posted: 9/22/2005 5:30:04 PM | | KyChik, I'm with you. I don't drink either, and actually prefer events where drinking isn't involved. | |
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| Don't need alcohol
Posted: 9/22/2005 5:44:57 PM | kychik33;
Welcome, I know just what you mean about people reading into things, unfortunately out of ignorance that's what some will do, so I empathise with you. I would say that I am a Christian although I am also a freethinker. I enjoy a good drink but I know my limitations. | |
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| Don't need alcohol
Posted: 9/23/2005 7:28:46 PM | I know plenty of christians who say that drinking is a sin and they never touch it; however, bring out the wine and somehow that's ok?    
I'd also like to mention that some of us are non-christians, and we still don't need alcohol to have a good time! | |
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| Don't need alcohol
Posted: 3/29/2006 9:27:34 AM | now i see what she is trying to say. ok now dont get me wrong, in moderation for some is cool. but what makes it so funny ive seen people who claim to be christian lets say enter a bar. wow would you believe sailors come running out. I dont drink at all and I prefer my company not either. now i do this by choice not cause what i believe. i will also add i will have a half of glass of wine on one day a year, for all the followers you know when that is. now i never said i was perfect im far from it. this is just my way of living and im comfortable with choice. so what you do is prochoice, not me or anyone elses place to judge you on that. it dont make you a good or bad person. my biggest prob is that ive seen to much death caused by alcohol and or drugs and most of this was family.
not to mention in the news "another drunk driving today 17yr old john doe hit another car head on killing the 2 occupants of other car. also killed the passenger of john does car. jane doe and baby doe single mother of 3 on her way to pick children up after work. now john doe faces 3 counts of murder".....its stuff like that, that makes me sick. and being drunk is not excuse. ive heard to many claim drunk or on drugs what a cop out. God bless | |
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| Don't need alcohol
Posted: 3/29/2006 10:14:13 AM | | I feel that Christians should not drink because Jesus said "Be Ye holy as Iam holy." | |
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| Don't need alcohol
Posted: 3/29/2006 12:14:43 PM | Christ's first miracle was turning water to wine at a party. So a little bit of alcohol is not a sin. But if it is not a something we have a "right" to either. So it should be avoided for certain circumstances, and of course never abused.
See Romans 14:20-22 - Wine by itslef is not bad. But if it causes your brother or sister to stumble, then avoid them for his or her sake.
See Ephesians 5:18 - Too much wine = BAD.
See 1 Timothy 5:23 - Timothy was becoming too legalistic and it was causing him problems. So here, Paul was reminding him of this. He would not have done that if wine was such a bad thing in and of itself.
To the OP, I too prefer parties that don't include a lot of alcohol. A little, I don't mind. If there is no alcohol, I probably wouldn't even notice. Parties that get out of control with drunkeness are not for me. I can tell you for sure my wedding reception will only have some wine/champaigne for each table, and that's about it. No body's getting drunk and ruining my party! lol | |
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| Don't need alcohol
Posted: 4/9/2006 8:47:39 PM | i don't think being christian has anything to do with drinking. its not a sin. i know plenty of non-religious people that don't drink at all, and plenty of religious people that get shit-faced on occasion.
a quote i really like is "Beer is proof that god wants man to be happy" bob and doug mackenzie | |
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| Christians? Non-Drinkers?
Posted: 4/10/2006 8:05:08 AM | Karnation,
"heres a guideline, before u go into a place look to your right and say "jesus do u want to go in there with me"? if its a smoke filled stripper bar, its safe to assume he would rather be somewhere else doing more good than sipping water in a strip bar."
I guess I would be going into the strip bar because Jesus hung out with the sinners, the whores, etc.
"Since alcohol mysteriously removes panties why would a christian want to compromise themselves so? just for a drink of alcohol."
Judging from your own photo, you must have had a case of two-four and two bottles of Jack Daniels. Furthermore, your profile reads very unchristian-like unless you meant to be super sarcastic. | |
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| Christians? Non-Drinkers?
Posted: 4/10/2006 3:57:36 PM | I'm not much into drinking...most non-alcoholic drinks taste much better. And I'm way past wanting to get a buzz or get drunk.
Jimi77 said: If you have a weakness for drink.. you should avoid any place that could trip you up. I think if your causeing someone else to stumble then you should not drink..
I think that pretty much sums up exactly what I think.
But I'll go out to the bar if some of my friends want to go, and I'll have a beer or two. But then, alcohol has never really been a stumbling block for me. If it is for you, I'd avoid anyplace where alcohol is available. I go out to play pool at a bar all the time, but usually get a pepsi. If I had a friend I knew had a weakness for alcohol, I would never invite him/her to go to the pool hall (maybe not even let them know I go there) because it may be too much of a temptation for them. | |
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| Christians? Non-Drinkers?
Posted: 8/25/2006 11:30:43 PM | | Hmmm pointed question? but isnt communion "wine" passed as the blood of Christ... not to say drink and get drunk... but isnt too much of ANYTHING glutony? | |
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| Christians? Non-Drinkers?
Posted: 8/26/2006 1:11:29 AM |
"Beer is proof that god wants man to be happy"
I think that actual quote was Benjamin Franklin...and it's still a wonderful quotation...many archaeologists are of the opinion that beer is one of the primary reasons that we started "getting together" to start cultivating grain to make beer to worship together as it helped to loosen us up and put us in the mood to get "feelin' groovy"
No wonder some of the first gods were agricultural deities! Let's get loaded with Ba'al! | |
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| Christians? Non-Drinkers?
Posted: 8/26/2006 12:28:05 PM | The quote is "beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" from Ben Franklin...
Christians are not prohibited from drinking... there are some christian groups, that poo poo it... but there is no prohabition build into the religion...
In fact there is a nice quote in Luke (forget that verse) where is gives a glimpse of Jesus' attitude towards drink and a little woop ha
"John came neither eating and drinking... and you accused him of having a demon... the Son of Man comes eating and drinking and you accuse him of being a glutton and a drunkard"
Jesus was not about prohabitions.... Paul was the one with the uptight sphincter that started all that rubbish
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| Christians? Non-Drinkers?
Posted: 8/26/2006 7:35:26 PM |
No wonder some of the first gods were agricultural deities! Let's get loaded with Ba'al!
Oh man, ....imagine what the post Abrahamic religions would have been like had they went with Ba'al instead of the God of war?
Feh! | |
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| Christians? Non-Drinkers?
Posted: 8/28/2006 5:21:50 AM | ^^
I personally have't touched an alcoholic beverage or drink in almost three years. I don't get any desire for it. I think it's better to just drink water or even some moderate diet coke or sprite. | |
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