Drinking..

[jenptcfan]

I drink occasionally. I had 2 or 3 glasses of wine on Friday night, actually. I was with my Christian friends at their home and none of us were a danger to anybody. We were a little giggly, but not drunk. Personally, I have no problem with that.

I respect those who abstain from all alcohol though. It's a personal decision.

 

[Grunt]

I don't know what you are suggesting, but, yeah, I eat bread.

If I understood your post right, you don't eat cake because of the trace amounts of alcohol left after baking. Was just curious, since the same process applies with bread.

I personally don't really care if you want to abstain from alcohol in any and every form... I'd just say that if you're doing it because you're worried about it causing cancer or something, that's a little over the top. If you ever get X-rays or step out into broad sunlight, I'm sure that that alone increases your cancer risk manys times what a lifetime of using mouthwash would Not to mention all the high energy particles slicing through your (and my) body as we speak.

 

[sunshiinedays]

I can't remember the last time I had a drink. I think it was 3-4 years ago. I do have alcohol in the house, some wine and a liqueur or two that I use in baking. Even when I wasn't a Christian I barely ever drank. I can't stand the taste either.

 

[LOVEthroughINTELLECT]

If I understood your post right, you don't eat cake because of the trace amounts of alcohol left after baking. Was just curious, since the same process applies with bread.

I personally don't really care if you want to abstain from alcohol in any and every form... I'd just say that if you're doing it because you're worried about it causing cancer or something, that's a little over the top. If you ever get X-rays or step out into broad sunlight, I'm sure that that alone increases your cancer risk manys times what a lifetime of using mouthwash would Not to mention all the high energy particles slicing through your (and my) body as we speak.

I did not say that I don't eat cake. I said that I don't use alcohol in cooking. The point is that if what I have read is correct there would still be some alcohol left after baking if I flavored a cake with peppermint flavoring that contains alcohol.

You don't seem to respect me as a rational, intelligent, responsible human being. That is a pattern in my life. I will make a choice and then people will insinuate that I am being irrational, unrealistic, immature, need to lighten up, need to "live a little", need to "get a life", etc., etc. And people like to split hairs and look for inconsistencies. For example, if I say that I avoid the sun as much as possible then somebody will point out that the radiation inside buildings is probably greater than what I would be exposed to in the sun. And they would do it in a condescending manner that would imply that I am irrational and out of touch with reality.

We can spend all day analyzing things and finding inconsistencies in each other's words and actions. But such nitpicking doesn't do anybody any good. If people have so little respect for and trust of others that they have to nitpick, split hairs and analyze people's words and actions, then we aren't going to get much out of life. And if people don't have anything better to do than to look for things in others to ridicule* or make fun of, then it is they who need to get a life.


*I am not saying that you have ridiculed or made fun of anybody. I am talking about my life experience in general.

 

[Spicy McHaggis]

You don't seem to respect me as a rational, intelligent, responsible human being. That is a pattern in my life. I will make a choice and then people will insinuate that I am being irrational, unrealistic, immature, need to lighten up, need to "live a little", need to "get a life", etc., etc. And people like to split hairs and look for inconsistencies. For example, if I say that I avoid the sun as much as possible then somebody will point out that the radiation inside buildings is probably greater than what I would be exposed to in the sun. And they would do it in a condescending manner that would imply that I am irrational and out of touch with reality.

you know man, it is possible that grunt was just asking you a question because he wanted to know the answer, and that not everything is an attack.

I think you do need to lighten up a bit love. This isn't that serious.

 

[ummidrinkcherrycoke]

Yeah I drink. It's an issue. Pray for me. Thanks

 

[~HopeFloats~]

Yeah I drink. It's an issue. Pray for me. Thanks

Will definately be for you..

 

[LOVEthroughINTELLECT]

People used to say that I obsess too much with avoiding alcohol in cooking--the alcohol all evaporates when you bake the cake, they said. Well, I can't furnish a link right now, but I did some research and found that some alcohol always remains. The percentage that remains depends on the cooking method, I recall the source saying. But don't quote me on any of that.

That same source that said that some alcohol remains even after cooking also said that orange juice contains a little naturally-occurring alcohol. But that does not mean that I am going to stop drinking orange juice.

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[LOVEthroughINTELLECT]

you know man, it is possible that grunt was just asking you a question because he wanted to know the answer, and that not everything is an attack.

I think you do need to lighten up a bit love. This isn't that serious.

I am confused.

I thought that this thread is about one's relationship with alcohol. Therefore, I have answered completely and honestly about my relationship with alcohol.

I apologize if my tone sounded defensive and confrontational.

But at the same time, people might get more out of my contribution to a discussion if they would appreciate it for what it is worth rather than criticize it for where it fails and then tell me that I need to lighten up.

 

[clareos86]

Yeah I drink. It's an issue. Pray for me. Thanks

Me too. I'll pray for you

 

[Spicy McHaggis]

But at the same time, people might get more out of my contribution to a discussion if they would appreciate it for what it is worth rather than criticize it for where it fails and then tell me that I need to lighten up.

I think that's part of your problem though. You assume too much about people's responses. Grunt asks if you eat cake, a couple posts later you're on a rant about how everybody else is assumptive and attacks you, and needs to adjust.

It's pretty obvious by then that you do need to lighten up.

Nobody's grading your responses and when the computer's of you cease to exist.

 

[~HopeFloats~]

Ok I guess I should have asked-- Do you drink or not drink because you feel it is wrong.. Or do drink or not drink cause you have or have no like/use/need for booze.

I think that the way people act while drinking is wrong-- the things they do say and so on.

I am sure the day will come when I will have a drink but for right now no use for it, maybe I am still reliving all those wicked hangover from the good ole days..

 

[BeautyForAshes]

Ok I guess I should have asked-- Do you drink or not drink because you feel it is wrong.. Or do drink or not drink cause you have or have no like/use/need for booze.

I don't drink for biblical reasons.

 

[Willtor]

Ok I guess I should have asked-- Do you drink or not drink because you feel it is wrong.. Or do drink or not drink cause you have or have no like/use/need for booze.

I think that the way people act while drinking is wrong-- the things they do say and so on.

I am sure the day will come when I will have a drink but for right now no use for it, maybe I am still reliving all those wicked hangover from the good ole days..

I drink because my older brother is an expert in fine wines. He knows the kinds I like and the kinds I don't like. Also, I worked hard to develop a taste for Guinness for when I went to Scotland. And I like some mixed drinks.

The Biblical commandment against drunkenness is quite obvious to me, but a condemnation of alchoholic consumption (as a whole) appears quite refuted to the best of my ability to tell. Certainly, this changes when one is predisposed to drunkenness, or when one is with someone who is predisposed to drunkenness. But in the general case, it seems to me that wine "gladdens the heart."

 

[chanis]

yeah I drink becasue it's sinfully mmm mmm goood!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Willtor]

yeah I drink becasue it's sinfully mmm mmm goood!!!!!!!!!!!

Mmmmm.... Sacralicious.

 

[Heavenlyangeleyes07]

I have drink a few things before but i find some of the stuff nasty and it just doesnt appeal to me so i dont drink anymore.