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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 04:05 PM Original message |
Question for Christians: If Jesus turned water into wine . . . |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. back then, wine WAS among the few things it was safe to drink |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 04:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. That explains fundie dislike of Jesus hair, then. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 05:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. Also, Puritans who first colonized here drank beer as their main liquid |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 05:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. Of all the things to blame St. Augustine for, Prohibition is not one |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 06:15 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. i blame him for making pleasure = sin |
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Love Bug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. They claim the greek word for "wine" in the New Testament |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 04:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. interesting. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 04:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. well if they think that then isn't it possible that the word |
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Proud_Democratt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 05:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. In Germany, new wine (Federweizer) is 3 - 5 weeks aged. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 05:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
29. Not true at all, according to my classicist friends |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 08:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
39. You shouldn't drink a single drop of wine |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. I have always wondered, do fundies think Jesus was celibate? |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 04:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Sex = Bad. Jesus = Good. Therefore, Sex = Not Jesus. |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 04:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Misogyny plays into it as well. Women = dirty |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 05:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
31. It would have been odd in those days for a 30-year-old |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. Drinking at all or drinking in excess? |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 04:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. drinking at all. |
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Proud_Democratt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 05:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. The Prohibition.....the catalyst for the |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 05:54 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. and the rise of corrpution to the max. |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
8. This has nothing really to do with the question |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 04:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. and some of them simply got hammered |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 04:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. . |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 04:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Oh, my goodness! |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 08:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
40. Oh, yes! You saw the opportunity, you took the path less travelled, |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 04:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. well. if it's good enough for Jesus . . . |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
15. A lot of the protestant churches |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 04:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Sounds like a deadbeat problem; not an alcohol problem. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 04:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. To a degree that's true |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 05:23 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. We have Carrie Nation Day in my area. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 06:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
35. The problem was also that |
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Proud_Democratt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 05:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Or giving money to the church. |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
17. Because they're a bit wierd. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 04:41 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. That must be the Greek strain |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 04:41 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Seems a little sacreligious. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 06:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
37. they are paulists -- not christian. |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
22. Because they don't want anyone to have any fun. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 05:55 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. And I attended a church in New Haven that served sherry at |
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Cannikin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
28. So what you're saying is, God turned the water into Welch's? |
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anarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
36. "The Son of Man came eating and drinking, |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
38. You're right... |
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