Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!apple!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: rona@hpdml93.hp.com (Ron Abramson) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Re: Alchohol: Good or Evil? Message-ID: Date: 5 Feb 90 09:34:48 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Hewlett Packard - Boise, ID Lines: 31 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu / hpdml93:soc.religion.christian / christian@athos.rutgers.edu.SDE.HP.COM / 10:11 pm Jan 29, 1990 / writes: --- much deleted ---- > In my opinion, it is not a defamation of Jesus's character to say that >he drank wine. I attended an interesting Baptist celebration of Mass >(or whatever Protestants call the celebration; I think they consider >the Lord's Supper to be a valid phrase, not Mass). They passed around >little plastic cups filled with the Blood of Christ. When the time >came to consume it, I can't tell you how *shocked* I was to discover >it was grape juice. I asked my mother-in-law if they'd run out of >wine and substituted at the last minute a reasonable alternative to >wine for the unusual occasion. I knew very little of Protestants at >that time. I appreciate your belief that Christ never consumed wine, >however, I have difficulty believing that during the Passover meal, for >example, Our Lord consumed grape juice. As far as drinking grape juice for communion goes, our church has a much more practical reason. Many reformed alchoholics cannot have even a sip of alchohol. Also, many parents would not want their child- ren to have an ounce of wine (even if it was legal (?)). Regards, Ron Abramson phone: (208) 323-4293 email: rona@hpdml92.HP.COM uucp: hplabs!hpdml92!rona