It is nice to hear that the majority still have some common sense.

The person or persons who said that they do not know anyone that drinks only one beer obviously is hanging around with the wrong people. I suppose he would say the same thing about those who have a glass of wine with dinner? I have news, the vast majority of wine drinkers have one or two glasses of wine and then stop. It is the same with most beer drinkers. The comment that beer and wine does not taste good is a totally ridiculous statement to those who like these food products. This same person probably loves sugar drinks or coffee and does not see his hypocrisy.

Medical science says there are plenty of good reasons to take a small amount of alcohol. Almost all the adults in Jesus day drank some wine. There was no refrigeration so juice quickly fermented. You really think Paul told Timothy to drink grape juice?

Even the statement that elders and deacons were not to be big drinkers of wine implied that wine was in common use in the Church. Do you really think that in the communion services in the early Church that they used unfermented grape juice?

Proverbs 20:1 is talking about drinking in excess. If you need more clarification read the rest of the scriptures. I guess you are telling us that that Jesus is also one of the “not wise” mentioned, because Jesus drank wine?

Jesus contrasted himself with John who did not drink wine. Jesus drank wine so they called Him a wine bibber. For drinking grape juice? Get real!

I get tired of these nonsensical Christians that get their views from legalistic interpretation of certain passages while ignoring all the other scriptures that refute their traditional or legalistic assumptions.

I get even more tired of control freaks who try to make normal practices sinful and that try to put Christians on guilt trips when they did nothing wrong. They even write their man made doctrines into their church covenants making many that join hypocrites and barring those who are not hypocrites from their church membership. God forbid if too many non hypocrites joined and actually changed their pet doctrines of bondage.

Christians Consider Drinking Beer Acceptable According to ChristiaNet.com Poll – Christian Newswire: “Thirty eight percent of those surveyed did, in fact, feel that drinking beer was wrong. They felt that one beer almost always leads to more and then can also lead to alcoholism, ‘I don’t know anyone that only drinks one beer, they usually drink more to get a buzz and that is wrong. Sometimes they even turn into alcoholics.’ Others in this group quoted Proverbs 20:1 which states, ‘Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.’ Most felt that all alcohol consumption was wrong, ‘There just isn’t any good reason to drink alcohol, and it is not like it tastes good.”