Your views on Alcohol: ALL Christians, trinitarian, unitarian or anyone claiming to b (Jesus Christ, Latter-Day Saints)

[Scuba Pete]

OK, there are SOOOO MANY reactions to alcohol within Christendom...

1. What DO you believe?
2. Is it scripturally based?
3. Is it based on social pressures?
4. Are you comfortable with how your congregation views alcohol???

[love]

Moderation! People take all kinds of drugs these days. You can't turn on the t.v.without seeing a commercial telling you what kind of new drug you need to make it better (what ever it is) like you could write yourself a prescription. Though few of these drugs can make you as stupid as alcohol (if abused) they still effect something.

[Katzpur]

Originally Posted by Scuba Pete

OK, there are SOOOO MANY reactions to alcohol within Christendom...

1. What DO you believe?
2. Is it scripturally based?
3. Is it based on social pressures?
4. Are you comfortable with how your congregation views alcohol???

1. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has a health code (The Word of Wisdom) which prohibits alcohol.

2. It's not biblically based, but it is scripturally based.

3. No. The commandment itself has nothing to do with social pressure, but there is a real stigma in Mormonism against drinking.

4. Personally, I think there is a bit too much emphasis on it. A lot of Mormons seem to see the adherance to the Word of Wisdom as a good measuring stick of how devout a person is. The president of the company I work for is a devout Mormon. He has told non-Mormons in the company, "Never has a drop of alcohol touched my lips." He is so proud of himself I want to throw up. On the other hand, he's a crook. I'm not saying it should be an either/or situation. We're supposed to obey all of God's commandments, and we believe that abstaining from alcohol is one of God's commandments. I just think that if I were to ask this man whether he lives his religion or not, he'd say, "Absolutely!' I think that, in his mind, he does.

[Mister Emu]

That alcohol, in moderation, is fine.

Yes, Jesus turned water into wine.

No.

Yes.

[Bishka]

Originally Posted by Scuba Pete

What DO you believe?

In my faith, we do not drink

Originally Posted by Scuba Pete

Is it scripturally based?

Actually, yes. If you are counting my scriptures. It is found in the Doctrine and Covenants Section 89 (link here), it is called the Word of Wisdom

Originally Posted by Scuba Pete

Is it based on social pressures?

Not to drink? Or to drink?

Originally Posted by Scuba Pete

Are you comfortable with how your congregation views alcohol???

Absolutely.

[James the Persian]

Originally Posted by Mister Emu

That alcohol, in moderation, is fine.

Yes, Jesus turned water into wine.

No.

Yes.

I'd echo this. The only thing I'd add is that a small amount of wine, in the Eucharist, is not just fine, but required, and, yes, this is totally consistent with Scripture (I won't say Scripturally based as that doesn't really work in our faith). And no, it certainly wasn't grape juice that was used at the Last Supper.

James

[Mister Emu]

I'd echo this. The only thing I'd add is that a small amount of wine, in the Eucharist, is not just fine, but required, and, yes, this is totally consistent with Scripture (I won't say Scripturally based as that doesn't really work in our faith). And no, it certainly wasn't grape juice that was used at the Last Supper.

Yep...

[Scuba Pete]

Katzpur or Becky,

Could you provide the precise reading on this for us? Becky gave us a link to the ENTIRE text, but I would like to see it narrowed down just a tad. Thanks in advance.