the New “corrected” the Old. And many times this is laid on the base of prior interpreting done by the priesthood. For example, a number of times I’ve heard Catholic radio hosts say “moderation” is a Catholic value. I believe, if I’m not mistaken, that that’s been something long taught in the Catholic Church. So, just recently, I heard a host speaking of finding the moderate path between “the extremes” of atheism and fundamentalism. But “moderation” is not itself a Biblical principle, nor is “extremism” ever rejected. And if you keep finding “the middle” in a society going further away from God’s Word, you will be get further from it, too. And that is why the “moderation” tradition works against Scripture. There are Scriptures that you could say call for “moderation” in a sense, but also for “extremism” but when you say you can reduce Scripture to “moderation” and treat that shorthand as equal to the Scripture, and that credo is constantly used as dependable tradition, then you reap the worldly fruits of it.
Moderation is good in regards to taking good care of your health and the health of dear ones, but it can also be abused.
Moderation in eating and drinking. Both are not a sin, but too much eating and drinking is.
But there is no moderation in your beliefs. For example, is abortion a sin or not.
In politics, moderation is a cop out.