The very first miracle Jesus did was to turn water into wine - at a
WEDDING - at a PARTY. And, I do not
believe that wine in those days was actually grape juice.
Lacking refrigeration, fermentation was used
to preserve the juice, so it would not spoil. I believe God
wants us to ENJOY (not abuse) the good things he
has blessed us with. The idea that we should not seems
ungrateful to me.
The vast majority of people, in fact, can enjoy
alcohol in moderation, even though personally, I am not among
them. Though I no longer have the spiritual
sickness, I still have the (probably genetic) inability to properly
metabolize alcohol. God has so richly blessed
me in my life, I have had no desire to drink alcohol for these
many years. Those who are afflicted with
alcohol have a physical and/or a SPIRITUAL problem. The ONLY
thing government prohibitions do is make their
situation even worse, by plundering and persecuting them, and
driving them farther from the love and healing of
God. God works. Government prohibitions do NOT.
PS: If you follow the money, you will find
that pHARMaceutical interests are behind both tobacco AND
alcohol (AND drug!) prohibitions.
RWJF (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - they own
J&J, and Nicorette
& the patent for Nicoderm) are behind the
current anti-tobacco movement, and they were also (same
PEOPLE) behind our 1913 alcohol
prohibition!
"This is the world's greatest marketing
scheme.You get the
government to ban the competition." (Howard Brandston said about the
demise of the incandescent light bulb, but exactly true of Big
pHARMaceutical's war on tobacco & alcohol as well)
If you live in Metcalfe County, Kentucky,
PLEASE get to the polls on June 28th, and VOTE YES (to END
prohibition)