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Asceticism and Christianity

Rumpel said:
Is asceticism really Christian?

That would be a pity.
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Does it sound to you like that is what God expects of us? No, He wants us to enjoy the gift of life He has given us...

There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and find enjoyment in his hard work. This too, I have realized, is from the hand of the true God," Ecclesiastes 2:24
 
Elvira said:
There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and find enjoyment in his hard work. This too, I have realized, is from the hand of the true God," Ecclesiastes 2:24
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Good to hear! :peace

Jesus ate lamb and drank wine.

I always wonder why some Christians think they are the better Christians if they DO NOT eat meat and DO NOT drink alcohol.
 
Rumpel said:
So it is!
Grape juice would not stay grape Juice all year round!
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Of course, the difference being in the fermentation process, but we know that the Roman & Hellenistic East imbibed quite regularly, so I don't buy the 'grape juice' story at all.
 
Did Jesus drink wine/alcohol?

Here is one of many answers:

Christ’s first miracle of turning water into wine at the wedding at Cana almost certainly involved a fermented beverage. According to Jewish wedding tradition, fermented wine was always served at weddings; if Jesus had provided only grape juice, the master of the feast would have complained. Instead, he said the wine was better than what was previously served; it was apparently a “fine” wine (John 2:10–11).

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Of course, just because Jesus turned water into wine doesn’t prove that He drank the wine at the wedding, but it would have been normal for Him to do so. What it does prove is that Jesus doesn’t condemn drinking wine any more than He condemns eating bread. Sinful people abuse what is not inherently sinful. Bread and wine are not sinful, but gluttony and drunkenness are (Proverbs 23:2; Ephesians 5:18).
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Did Jesus drink wine/alcohol? | GotQuestions.org
 
Elvira said:
Does it sound to you like that is what God expects of us? No, He wants us to enjoy the gift of life He has given us...

There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and find enjoyment in his hard work. This too, I have realized, is from the hand of the true God," Ecclesiastes 2:24
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Doesn't the NWT have instructions about fasting? Real Bible translations do. I'll bet you think John the Baptist was a hedonist, too.
 
Perhaps we should canvas the opinion of a priest?
 
Rumpel said:
Monks are special cases.

And anyway, German monks were great brewers of beer and makers of wine - and some still are.
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Special cases of what?
 
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