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To: HiTech RedNeck

The New Testament says that Drunkards shall not inherit the kingdom. Isn’t that enough for you?

Ted Adamson

26 posted on 11/07/2011 2:29:46 PM PST by TedAdamson

No it is not, because it references a habit taken to harmful excess.

27 posted on 11/07/2011 2:37:35 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (ya don't tug on Superman's cape/ya don't spit into the wind--and ya don't speak well of Mitt to Jim!)

And — it probably is metaphorical in the usage. Alcoholism doesn’t carry over physically to hell.

28 posted on 11/07/2011 2:38:37 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (ya don't tug on Superman's cape/ya don't spit into the wind--and ya don't speak well of Mitt to Jim!)

Friend, I do not wish to furnish you with anything for an excuse to feed a habit which personally overwhelmed you. But setting up theologically dubious straw men does not serve even you well in the long run, let alone other sinners whom God has granted the grace not to react in the manner you did to ethanol. You don’t want your spiritual battle to rest upon straw men.

Consider that Jesus Christ himself got accused of being a “glutton and drunkard” especially since there is nothing to prove He insisted on getting Welch’s instead of the wine being served at the bawdy parties where He dared minister, not caring about what the rabbis would say. Jesus Christ represents, among other things, the capabilities of an unfallen human.

29 posted on 11/07/2011 2:46:59 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (ya don't tug on Superman's cape/ya don't spit into the wind--and ya don't speak well of Mitt to Jim!)

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