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Do people only get drunk at night?

January 30, 2023ContradictionswineR. A. Absalom

Yes.

When the apostles demonstrated their new ability to speak to multiple people in multiple languages at once, some people dismissed them by saying they were drunk. Then, rather than pointing out that that made no sense as an explanation, Peter’s response was that they couldn’t possibly be drunk, because it was still morning.

Peter apparently had the same belief Paul had. Paul said those who get drunk do it at night. And he said the daytime is when people behave decently, and not in drunkenness. The Old Testament disagrees with them, though…

No.

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The Story of the Calling of Samuel—
Why the Family of Eli Was Cursed

June 13, 2022Bible storiesadoption, blindness, coercion, curses, death, deception, eli, evil, failure, family, god, illness, ingratitude, injustice, misunderstanding, moral influences, murder, obedience, overreaction, pointlessness, polygamy, priests, prophecy, punishment, samuel, scapegoating, secrets, wineR. A. Absalom

A man named Elkanah had two wives, named Hannah and Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah didn’t, because God wouldn’t let her. Peninnah kept tormenting Hannah about this for years, and she was miserable. Her husband told her she should stop crying, because she had him, which was better than having children. Hannah silently asked God to give her a son. When Eli, the priest and leader of Israel, saw her mouth moving but didn’t hear her saying anything, he told her she needed to stop getting drunk.

Then God let Hannah have a son, and she named him Samuel. She was so happy to finally have a son that she gave him away to Eli, whose sons were scoundrels. Eli tried to get his sons to change their ways, but God wouldn’t let them repent, because he wanted an excuse to kill them.

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The Story of Samson’s Riddle—
Out of the Strong, Some Way to Cheat

February 9, 2022Bible storiesanimals, betrayal, blessings, coercion, death, destruction, discrimination, escape, failure, fire, food, fraud, god, hair, imprisonment, israelites, jealousy, marriage, massacres, miracles, mistakes, misunderstanding, murder, nagging, overreaction, philistines, promises, punishment, revenge, reward, samson, scapegoating, secrets, spying, teamwork, theft, wineR. A. Absalom

Samson was another judge, who saved his people when God let the Philistines take over Israel. Samson was a life-long Nazirite, which required him to abstain from wine, corpses, and haircuts.

While Samson was on his way to a Philistine city to visit a Philistine woman, he was attacked by a lion. God gave him the strength to easily kill the lion with his bare hands. Later, when he was on his way to the Philistine city again to marry the Philistine woman, he found that some bees had made a nest in the lion’s body. He took some honey out of the dead lion and shared it with his parents. But he didn’t tell anyone where the honey came from.

Samson challenged 30 Philistine men to try to solve a riddle by the end of his week-long wedding feast. They agreed that the losing party would have to give the winning party 30 sets of clothes. So Samson told them a “riddle” that they couldn’t possibly make sense of without knowing about the lion incident that no one but Samson knew about.

The Philistine men realized that Samson was unfairly trying to take their property. So they threatened to burn down his new wife’s house unless she told them the answer to the riddle. Samson’s wife cried constantly for the rest of the week until Samson gave her the answer. Then she told the answer to the men, and the men gave the answer back to Samson.

Samson knew those 30 Philistine men must have cheated, since there was no other way they could have possibly solved his “riddle”. But he gave them the promised 30 sets of clothes… which he got by killing 30 other Philistine men.

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Did Jesus drink from the fruit of the vine between the last supper and the second coming?

January 5, 2022Contradictionsjesus, wineR. A. Absalom

During the last supper, Jesus was drinking wine. Then he told his disciples that he would not drink from the fruit of the vine again until the kingdom of God came.¹

Later, before he was crucified, Jesus was offered some wine, and he refused it, as you would expect after what he had said. But then when he was about to die on the cross, he was offered some wine vinegar (which is made from grapes, the fruit of the vine), and he accepted that drink.

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What was in the wine Jesus was offered before he was crucified?

May 25, 2021Contradictionsexecution, jesus, wineR. A. Absalom

The Bible says shortly before the soldiers crucified Jesus, they offered him some wine, which he refused.² But the gospels disagree on what was mixed in with that wine.

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Should people drink wine?

January 21, 2021Contradictionsfood, wineR. A. Absalom

No.

Going after wine is a foolish thing to do. It will only betray you, cloud your judgment, and cause all kinds of suffering. Wine makes you stupid, unhealthy, and defiled. Only wicked and indecent people get drunk on wine, and only godless people and detestable pagans drink wine all day. Anyone who doesn’t belong to the dark side must remain sober. So if anyone offers you wine, follow Jesus’s example and refuse it. God will not forgive people who enjoy wine, until the day they die.

That won’t be too long though, since the Bible says people who are accused of being drunkards must be executed. But people who get drunk, or even associate with drunkards, won’t be forgiven after they die, either. They won’t be allowed in the kingdom of God. People who are good at drinking wine will fall apart like they’re being consumed by fire. God will destroy those who shamefully get others drunk on wine, as they deserve.

Yes.

Paul advises people to drink wine to improve their health. Solomon also wisely advises people to enjoy wine, with God’s approval. Wisdom herself invites people to drink wine, so it can’t be a foolish thing to do. And drinking wine and getting drunk can’t be a bad thing to do if God makes people do it, right? Would God force people to sin?

God created grapes so people could make wine to gladden their hearts and make them thrive. Jacob, the father of God’s chosen people, was given an abundance of wine as a blessing. God gave his people wine as a blessing and a reward for following his laws and honoring him. Not getting to drink wine is a curse and a punishment for failing to do what God wants. For instance, God takes away people’s wine when they fail to recognize that wine is a gift from God.

God told Aaron and his priestly family they could have all the finest wine of the land. He tells people to invite others to drink wine. He said when you free your slaves, you should generously supply them with wine, as he generously supplies all people with wine. God clearly doesn’t see wine as a bad thing.

Noah was righteous and blameless, and he made wine and drank it till he passed out. Even Jesus drank wine and provided others with wine, and he never sinned. So drinking wine is not a sin. In fact, it’s a requirement. Some of the religious rituals that God and Jesus commanded people to engage in involved drinking wine.

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The Story of Sodom and Gomorrah—
Lot's Family's Mostly Unsuccessful Attempt to Avoid Being Raped and Killed

July 15, 2020Bible storiesangels, anomalous weather, blindness, caves, death, destruction, disasters, escape, evil, failure, family, fire, god, homosexuality, incest, lot, massacres, misunderstanding, morality, overreaction, punishment, rape, rescue, sodom and gomorrah, transformation, violence, wineR. A. Absalom

Abraham’s nephew Lot was a righteous man. He lived in the city of Sodom, where nearly everyone was so wicked that God decided to kill them all.³ So God sent two angels (who looked like men) to Sodom. Lot met them and convinced them to spend the night at his house.

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The Story of Noah’s Ark—
The One Where God Decides to Kill Everybody

March 25, 2020Bible storiesanimals, curses, death, destruction, disasters, escape, evil, failure, genocide, god, mistakes, noah, nudity, overreaction, pointlessness, promises, punishment, rescue, sacrifice, scapegoating, self-defeating, ships, slavery, weather, wineR. A. Absalom

More than 1500 years after the perfect God created his perfect world, he realized that creating humans had been a bad idea, because humans are evil. To correct his mistake, God decided to kill all the humans, and all the animals too, for some reason. But there was one righteous man in the world who God didn’t want to kill, and his name was Noah.

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Did Daniel normally eat choice food, meat, and wine?

January 23, 2020Contradictionsdaniel, fasting, food, mourning, prophecy, uncleanness, vegetarianism, wineR. A. Absalom

The first chapter of the book of Daniel establishes that Daniel is not willing to ever eat choice food or drink wine. Daniel makes a big deal out of this. He has religious reasons for his dietary restrictions, as well as health reasons. He insists on eating nothing but vegetables and drinking nothing but water, even if doing so risks incurring the wrath of the king.

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Tag Archives: wine

Do people only get drunk at night?

Yes.

No.

The Story of the Calling of Samuel—
Why the Family of Eli Was Cursed

The Story of Samson’s Riddle—
Out of the Strong, Some Way to Cheat

Did Jesus drink from the fruit of the vine between the last supper and the second coming?

What was in the wine Jesus was offered before he was crucified?

Should people drink wine?

No.

Yes.

The Story of Sodom and Gomorrah—
Lot's Family's Mostly Unsuccessful Attempt to Avoid Being Raped and Killed

The Story of Noah’s Ark—
The One Where God Decides to Kill Everybody

Did Daniel normally eat choice food, meat, and wine?