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I find this issue not to be a matter of should or should not. This is more about what Christ Himself did and the freedoms we have to enjoy our lives in His will.

This is the crux of my rebuttal.

1 John 1:1-4 1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched--this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. The capitalization, to me, makes this Christ.

Agreed.

It is John that said God is love. In the same book he calls Christ the Word, thereby making the two incongruent.

Been there with the John and Acts. I am meeting him for lunch tomorrow for his deeper scriptural takes and will let you know his responses.

If we are going to have a discussion about whether or not one can get “drunk”, we should be clear as to the definition. Drunk, to me, is a loss of control. I can drink quite a bit and not be out of control. Does a “buzz” = drunk Does a certain blood alcohol level...

Had a troubling conversation with a fellow Christian the other day over lunch. We were discussing other religions and without getting too long-winded, he proposed this theory: God the Father = Love (I John), Christ = Father (3 in one), therefore Love = Christ. Based on this, he supposed...

Please define “drunk” with specificity.

As far as I can recall, it helps thin blood and wine has antioxidants. Both can be obtained by other means. Jesus chose wine…who am I to argue?

There are documented benefits from alcohol. Not from being drunk, of course, but in the ever-ballyhooed moderation.

I think that there is a difference here that is worth exploring. As I do a word search in the Bible of “drunk” I do not come up with condemnation. It appears to me that being drunk is a one-time event that is not truly condemned. Luke 12:45 But if that servant says in his heart, 'My master...

Other – Not a gift I have or can comprehend. Unfortunately this devicive debate over this has been going on since Paul’s time and apparently will not cease until Christ come back and tells all of you your wrong.

Found "Driven by Eternity" interesting

As long as they are looking to grow I have no problem chipping in on the assist. The body of Christ is an important analogy to me. In His infinite wisdom God chose to put certain body parts away from one another ([bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse]/nose, I often characterize myself as the [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse]). There is wisdom in finding...

No real scriptural condemnations of either.

Only asked the questions to gain understanding of the different perspectives. I have no experience with hallucinogens. I have purposed to not do anything more than pot (did opium once). I think the reason for the assumption (again, not mine) is that there are a great number of people who have...

I can only answer for me, of course, but that situation is a bit different. There is no biblical support for alcohol being a sin. But if he were truly offended by it to the point of anger or deep hurt, I would abstain for his sake. I probably would not be around him much after, as I see no...