Is it a sin to drink alcohol

Did what, believed in God or believed in the Word? Do you?

I am just saying that you think the parents in the article you cited, "who believe that God alone has the ability to heal the sick, prayed for her recovery..." are guilty of killing their child, or doesn't that qualify for the promise written in John 14:14?

So are you saying that nobody should believe in what they read in the Bible?

I believe every word in the Bible. I may not understand every verse, but I still believe it. The 11 year old in Philadelphia died from keto acidosis, which is where you get very sick from high blood sugar levels over an extended period of time. I am a lab tech who has worked in hospitals for ~ 20 years, so I know what I am talking about here. What is needed is an insulin drip and prayer. Not either/or, but both. It’s not wrong to use meds God has given man the ability to make to improve our lives. In fact, it’d be rather stupid not to use them. Never use prayer in lieu of meds, but use meds with prayer.

God did not create the earth for nothing - not its plants, not its creatures, not its minerals.
we ought to be thanking God for these things, tending to & making wise use of them - not cursing them, and not abusing or neglecting them.

hmm are raisins rotten grapes?

Sniff a glass of wine, and then sniff a cluster of mouldy grapes. They have completely different smells. The first is pleasant; the second is gross.

Alcoholic wine is not just rotten grape juice. Fermentation involves the conversion of sugars into alcohol and carbon dioxide by the action of yeast. Rot is the breakdown of all solids by the actions of moulds and bacteria. They both have their place, but they aren't the same thing at all.

What about that stinky blue cheese. It should be a sin to eat dat stuff

Is it too early

That passage is conclusive evidence that the wine Jesus made from water was choice wine and definitely had an alcohol content. Otherwise, what difference would it make if the wine was just grape juice because even if you drink a lot your sobriety would not be impacted. You would certainly be able to tell the difference between Welch's grape just verses a store brand.

Perhaps #3 should state 'not given to grape juice'. It's time to get real here.

I don' t doubt that,

I think you got it backwards, but if that is what you believe then I am sure there isn't anything I could say that would alter what you believe God has told you.

However, from an paper published by the Center of Ethics at Harvard University, it states:


And that was in 2014. source:https://ethics.harvard.edu/blog/new-prescription-drugs-major-health-risk-few-offsetting-advantages

While I don't look for signs, I don't ignore them when i see them either.

My late second wife had severe debilitating psoriatic arthritis with constant horrible pain. Believe me, cayenne pepper and hot and cold water does not cut it. Narcotics at least gave her some quality of life. Alcohol is also a pain reliever. I agree with posthuman. Your credibility is less than zero.

You can use the quills for toothpicks.

It sure ain't grape juice. To avoid confusion about grapes perhaps we should all partake of apple wine. In moderation of course. Of course Eve ate the apple so apples are bad too right up there with grapes which bad people make into wine so they can make merry.

Drinking alcohol is a sin if it’s not Jim Beam😁.

Old decrepit wrinkled grapes. Too much sun is bad for their skin.

What I meant is that prayer and meds/meds and prayers, should go together.

The question is whether drinking alcoholic beverages is considered righteousness.

I thought one's credibility could only go lower than zero is if they couldn't say that drinking alcohol is righteousness but claims all unrighteousness is sin.

Communion as recommended biblically? Bread and Wine... This is righteous! Quit splitting hairs. Zoom out and focus on the gospel.

No, they are dehyrdated grapes. Just as prunes are dehydrated plums.