*Re :The results of your email commands* *Sun Jul 5 10:09:54 PDT 2009* Dear JoaoAs many said, and so did I, 'Soro tor Jesun kello tor amkam piupak kitem zalem?' Until I heard one priest in his sermon saying this, that wine only after fermentation becomes alcoholic. There were places in Middle east, where this wine as JUICE, was cheaper than buying water, hence people opted for drinking wine. So lets not misunderstand that what Jesus used to drink was a Juice and not alcoholic Wine. God BlessJerry FernandesRiyadh. Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 13:37:46 +0900&gt Joao asks: Wine and juice have very different meanings in English, don't they? If what you say is true, then which word is used in the Bible, wine or juice? I'm no Biblical scholar so I could be completely wrong! So, please tell me if the word is wine or juice as is in the Bible? Btw, priests (who are followers of Jesus Christ ...?) drink juice in churches and wine outside, don't they? Why do they do so if Jesus didn't? Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not against their drinking wine. Cheers! ;From: Joao Barros-Pereira Subject: Is God against alcoholTo: goanet at goanet. <http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org> ;What great fun it was to read the reports in the local newspapers about how&gt;the government will not issue liquor licenses to bars that have a god or;saint's name? Is God against alcohol? Jesus drank wine and soma and other&gt;drinks are mentioned in ancient religious texts. So, what's up? Thats Goa;is different is a cliche, yes, we Goans are more tolerant (although there;are exceptions!) who obviously do not value this quality. God's bars are places where Hindus and Christians share friendship over a drink, and is;this bad? Alcohol, like anything else, done in moderation is good! Cheers
On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Joao Barros-Pereira < joaobarrospere...@gmail.com> wrote: > What great fun it was to read the reports in the local newspapers about how > the government will not issue liquor licenses to bars that have a god or > saint's name? Is God against alcohol? Jesus drank wine and soma and other > drinks are mentioned in ancient religious texts. So, what's up? That > Goa is different is a cliche, yes, we Goans are more tolerant (although > there are exceptions!) who obviously do not value this quality. God's bars > are places where Hindus and Christians share friendship over a drink, and is > this bad? Alcohol, like anything else, done in moderation is good! Cheers! >