Drinking??

[Sketcher]

I'll probably take a drink when I come of age in a few years, but I'm not necessarily looking forward to it. I think in the long run I'll realize that I was a lot more excited about getting my driver's license and registering to vote than getting to drink alcohol.

It doesn't taste that good anyway.

 

[AceHero]

Probably not. The only alcohol I've come in contact with was in a piece of chocolate last Christmas, and I spit that out. It was gross. Worst piece in the box.

 

[agyevesam]

No it isn't a sin. It is up to you if you do it or not, but it isn't a sin!!

 

[~Beauty_from_Pain~]

I don't think that there is a problem with a few drinks, though God does warn us in scripture about those who drink too much! And we should not be one of those. I have never drank much...don't care for the taste. Also, be careful of it, since if you are drunk, someone may take advantage of you...or you may drive home drunk and cause an accident. I would say drink in moderation....that is the wisest thing to do.

 

[moses916]

Drinking, whether one drink or ten drinks, opens the door to further passions and desires. We must suppress these desires in order to control and discipline our lives according to God's commandments. Jesus did indeed drink, yet he never sinned because that would conflict with His divine nature. However we are humans and sin, and we sin the more we allow ourselves oppurtunities to pollute our souls. God is not as legalistic as we make Him out to be, He looks to the heart. And we must change our heart from earthly desires to heavenly (Christ). However, it is not a sin to drink, but would help on our spiritual journeys if it was cut off. I am guilty of this passion, and I am chief among sinners. Forgive me if i sound hypocritical...

 

[Tuffguy]

Drinking isn't a sin. You just have to have self control with the amount you drink.

 

[sweetlambofgod]

I have a drink once in awhile but never more than that. I think drinking to get drunk is a sin.

 

[Spicy McHaggis]

I just became a bartender at my 2nd job. (yay).

Jesusfreak, I'm not coming down on you or anything, but I get the feeling you're looking for someone to agree with you're drinking. (in the OP you painted a pretty wild and un necessary contrast to what you're doing). I personally have no problem with you drinking at 19, and you're right, some 34 year olds aren't mature enough to handle it.

If you live in America, you're breaking the law, there's no way around that and all the internet threads in the world won't hold up in court and you can't tell you're kids to wait until they're 21 because they'll do it just to spite their mother for being a hypocrit.

I didn't drink when I was underage because I didn't want too. The age limit isn't a deterant for anybody I've ever met.

If you want to drink, that's on you to decide.

 

[Jesusfreak811]

I wanted to thank you all for your opinions and advice! I guess at the end of the day it's all about what God is telling me. I didn't ask for anyone to agree with me or take my side, I just asked for opinions. Thanks again so much guys!
I'm praying for you all!

God bless,
Teresa

 

[Spicy McHaggis]

I wanted to thank you all for your opinions and advice! I guess at the end of the day it's all about what God is telling me.

be sure to back that up with scripture. If God's telling you underage drinking is okay, but scripture says obey the laws of the land, then the voice you hear that says "do it" probably isn't God and you need to ask yourself some differnet questions.

If you feel God is telling you to do something contradictory to what the Bible says, your unrest may not be about drinking, but maybe God's talking to you about obedience in the face of overwhelming realities.

The reality is that everything you've said in support of drinking at 19 is valid. But God's got a pretty black and white program when it comes to obedience and it's got very little to do with our opinions on how things *should* be.

hope this helps, and hopefully I didn't come off like a jerk or anything.

 

[JulySheMustFly]

Where I live to drink under 21 is not legal. Beyond that. I do not think it is sin to drink unless you drink in excess. I think excess is slightly different for everyone. To be safe I don't drive if I've had more than 2 drinks the entire party. Hope you come to an aswer and have a great time.

 

[zOtTeL]

Sers!

I never still have drunk alcohol, although most alcohol are allowed in Germany from the age of 16.
I don't understand why it should be necesary to drink..?
I can be crazy without drinking alcohol

but this has nothing to do with my faith
my faith just says don't drink so much that you get/become drunken (Epheser 5,8)

ya blesses!
AnNi

PS: sry, for my (bad) english, I hope you understand what I want to say

 

[choceo]

how do yall feel about drinking alcohol with non believers??

i'll give yall 2 examples...

for yall who work..your office has a night out at the bar..all the drinks are on the tab of the company..you are over 21, you are the only Christian at your job... do you go? do you drink?

for yall who don't work...your non Christian friends are having a dinner party..there is alcohol present..do you go? do you drink?

holler back.

 

[Buttermilk]

for yall who work..your office has a night out at the bar..all the drinks are on the tab of the company..you are over 21, you are the only Christian at your job... do you go? do you drink?

Yes and yes

 

[MetalBlade]

I used to drink all the time. Still do a little, since I am 21, but have cut back with my health problems...it seriously is a drug though.

 

[Sketcher]

how do yall feel about drinking alcohol with non believers??

i'll give yall 2 examples...

for yall who work..your office has a night out at the bar..all the drinks are on the tab of the company..you are over 21, you are the only Christian at your job... do you go? do you drink?

for yall who don't work...your non Christian friends are having a dinner party..there is alcohol present..do you go? do you drink?

holler back.

That depends on whether or not I'm driving and the age of the coworkers. Drinking alcohol would probably be the furthest thing from my mind, actually.

 

[Mr.Cheese]

Well, if your'e American then you're underage, which is against the law.

A good way to do something positive in your position is to be the driver. None of my friends ever got in trouble related to driving while drunk. They never got hurt or hurt anyone else.
As a female, you could look out for your other female friends as well.
You could do a lot of good.

 

[Ginsu]

A glass of wine is okay every now and then, especially dinner. But the rest to me, it's a perfectly good waste of money, I'd rather drink a bottled water than slowly poision myself with alcohol. As read, it can become an addiction. I don't want to even dabble in the risk of it.

 

[Josh3908]

One thing I have learnt is that even if you don't agree with something we are all sinners and everyone messes up sometimes at many times in life as a christian and before you became one too. Therefore don't judge, pray, be a friend try and understand why. I don't drink, I don't think it is a good witness as a christian to drink, I think alcohol is over-rated, no alcohol tastes as good as a Dr.Pepper, a strawberry milkshake, cool blue raspbery Gatorade or an ice-cold glass of juice.

I use to drink, I use to drink a lot, I use to drink so much I don't remember certian years of my young life and have had to play catch up for years as having destroyed my high school education as a result. I just can't drink I'm highly addicted to alcohol, I know I tried drinking again in a bad stage in my life it was a big mistake, but thats long gone now. Some christians believe all alcohol is wrong and some believe instances where alcohol was drunk in the Bible it was not fermented meaning I believe it wasn't alcoholic, now I don't know about that, I don't know anything about wine making or am I sufficiently knowledgeable to be able to determine whether its is possible to know if the wine drank in scripture was alcoholic. What I do know it destroys lives. Kids at school only 11 are getting regularly waisted every weekend. Alcohol is the acceptable drug, but it destroys so many lives, wastes so many lives, costs huge amounts in health care. I know it can be drunk responsibly, and I don't judge other christians for drinking afterall I'd be the biggest hyopcrite if I did, but I believe the world would be a better place without it.

 

[chanis]

for yall who work..your office has a night out at the bar..all the drinks are on the tab of the company..you are over 21, you are the only Christian at your job... do you go? do you drink?
holler back.

yeah why not?