04-13-2011, 08:15 PM
Quote:Grim link=topic=28190.msg382938#msg382938 date=1302721704]
If drinking wine was a sin I seriously doubt this cerenomy would exist and performed by priests.
Exactly. Let me just give a short and simple illustration:
Guy A, Guy B. Wine contains alcohol.
Guy A drinks two glasses of wine. He still has judgement and has control of himself. What has he done wrong? Nothing.
Guy B drinks 10 glasses of wine. His judgement is affected and can barely walk. What has he done wrong? He has drank too much wine and is not himself anymore. Now his body has to work more in order to get rid of the alcohol. By making his body work more, he is also damaging it and therefore did not follow God's instruction of taking care of his body.
Both drank wine, however only one committed sin by drinking too much.