 
   10  Reasons Why I Drink
 
   1. I love to Vomit.
   2. It makes my children respect me.
   3. My wife loves my whiskey breath and beer-bleary eyes.
   4. Drunkards and saloon-keepers make the best citizens.
   5. It helps me win the safe-driving award.
   6. I want to encourage juvenile delinquecy.
   7. It helps me think more clearly.
   8. It's my way of saving money.
   9. I hope to live in a 'flophouse' on Skid Row.
  10. It's my way of obeying God, Who says, "Wine is a mocker,
      strong drink is raging and whosoever is decieved thereby
      is not wise." - Proverbs 20:1
 
                    "I know when to stop!"
 
     Sure.  You're smart.  You can take it.  You know when you've
had enough. That's what every drunken bum said at one time. But
the time to stop was beforehe took the first drink.  Now he's
lost his money, his home, his family, his respect, his health.
And his mind's going. Visit him at 5th and Wisconsin, or on the
Skid Row of your city.  See him begging for money.  Look at his
eyes, his shaking fingers. Talk to him.  He was a doctor, a
lawyer, a real estate broker, a college graduate and an athlete.
Now he's an alcholic.  He didn't want to be a wallflower.  He
wanted to sow his wild oats.  He got too big for Sunday School.
He listened to an atheistic, evolutionist, college professor
educated beyond his intellegence. "The Bible?''Full of fairy
tales. Read Tom Paine instead. Or Robert Ingersoll. Or Eleanor
Roosevelt.  Or Harry Emerson Fosdick.  Or sex books.  You're only
an animal.  Live like one."
 
                    Now look in the Mirror!
 
     You are that person - 5, 10, 20 years from now - or sooner.
Unless you wake up.  God declares, "Whatsoever a man soweth, that
shall he also reap." Galations 6:7. You are on the toboggan. So
is America. Americans drank 83 million barrels of beer in 1
year. Americans spent in 1 year $8,760,000,000 for intoxicating
liquors against $5,010,236,000 for public school education.
Unless we stop, God will curse America!
 
                          How to quit!
 
     Be converted to Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Accept Him as
your Saviour. Ask Him to forgive you for your sins and make you a
real Christian. Read your Bible daily and urge others to give
their hearts to Christ. Write and tell us of your decision.  We
will send you a free booklet.
 
The Conversion Center, Drawer V, Havertown, Penn., 19083
From the S.O.N. BBS, WI
 
                  If you are in or near Toronto --- Call
     The Seed Sowers Friendly BBS (416) 498-5259 or 498-5962   24hrs  
 
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Msg#:16069 *GENERAL MESSAGES*
 05/26/88 16:18:00 
 From: JACK DECKER
 To: ALL
 Subj: RE: BIBLE

Bill,

These are my thoughts on Christians drinking wine:

1) In North America we have pure water and better (and less expensive!) 
treatments for stomach disorders than wine.  Thus we do not NEED to drink wine.

2) There is some question among Bible scholars as to whether the word 
translated as "wine" always referred to a drink with a significant alcohol 
content.  Some scholors believe that the drink called "wine" in the Bible was 
actually closer to what we would call "grape juice", in that it had negligible 
alcohol content.  In contrast, many modern wines have sugar added during the 
fermentation process to RAISE the alcohol content beyond that which would be 
produced through natural aging.

3) In North America, the distribution and sale of alcoholic beverages in some 
areas is controlled by the underworld (criminal elements), thus by purchasing 
these beverages you may be helping to subsidize organized crime.

4) It is a TERRIBLE witness to non-Christians, since in this country most 
unsaved people feel that a true Christian doesn't drink.  One drink in public 
(or one purchase of wine at the supermarket) COULD destroy your Christian 
testimony with someone you have been trying to win for Christ.

5) It may cause your Christian Brothers or Sisters to stumble.  If they see you
drinking, they may assume it's okay for a Christian to drink, and they may not 
be able to stop before crossing the line into drunkenness.

6) It may cause YOU to stumble.  You may THINK that you can stop before you get
drunk, but you are allowing yourself to be tempted, and at some point YOU might
cross the line into drunkeness.  No one ever started drinking with the idea 
that they wanted to be an alcoholic!

7) It could cause you to sin against others.  If you do drink a little too 
much, you may offend others in ways that are not becoming to a Christian.  If 
you get behind the wheel of an automobile, you could murder someone!

Think back to the worst town drunk, the worst "lush" you've ever met. Do you 
think that when that person took his first drink, he imagined that he would 
turn out like that someday?  Do you think that just because you are a 
Christian, you are immune to winding up like that?  That person may have been a
"social drinker" for many years, but perhaps some unexpected event... some 
extra amount of strees... provided the temptation for him to drink just a bit 
TOO much.  When you drink, you are needlessly exposing yourself to temptation, 
and your Christian witness to others could go right down the tubes.  That is 
why I feel that it is not a good idea for Christians to drink, even if they do 
interpret the scriptures as being somewhat permissive on the matter.
You might want to prayerfully consider this...

Jack


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