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The Bible condemns drunkenness as a mortal sin. The Bible does not prohibit the use of alcohol. Binge drinking is EXCESSIVE alcohol consumption. It's like with food. The Bible does not forbid us to eat, but gluttony is a sin.
About a particular priest (and did you understand him correctly? or maybe he thought correctly, but failed to convey his idea to you?).
In our reality, based on the characteristics of our flock-you will agree that for our people, drinking alcohol in 95% of cases is equal to” excessive alcohol consumption ” (we are not Mediterranean people, in whose culture light wine is used, well, like tea, in the process of eating) – the statements of priests in sermons about wine will be more justifiably negative.
But the theological statement, namely strictly theological, that ” The Bible prohibits the use of wine (from the word never – as in Islam)” “it will be untrue and even heretical.
Again, the question is a provocation with a false premise. This is said by Baptists who deny the priesthood and do not have priests, so Christian priests cannot say this. Why Baptists claim that alcohol and Christianity are not compatible-see here.
For clarity, I'll start from far away. There is such a word BREAD, this word refers to loaves of rye and wheat bread, other baked goods, and bread is also called a grain harvest. People who work in the field of growing bread in the form of grain are called grain growers because they eat this very bread. So with the word WINE, the situation is similar, which is compounded by the difficulties of translating words from one language to another and some other national concepts. The word wine refers not only to an alcoholic drink, but also to the most common grape juice, and in some individual regions, even the vine itself. So I get the feeling that Jesus might not have had anything to do with alcohol at all, and the texts about him were referring to harmless juice.
The Bible does not mention Jesus ' attitude to wine or his encouragement to drink it. On the contrary, the Bible speaks of abstinent use of alcohol.
The Bible is clear about alcohol use. God condemns drunkenness. Or, excessive alcohol consumption. But if in moderation, then please. Many of God's servants drank wine for example