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okasha

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24. Someone has defined Calvinism

Reply to rrneck (Reply #23)

Sun Aug 25, 2013, 11:24 PM

Aug 2013

as the terrible fear that someone, somewhere, is having a good time. At bottom, I think, it's about avoiding anything that could lead to loss of self control. Herod got drunk, and Salome danced, and look how that turned out.

That never stopped half the Baptists in Amarillo from drinking, though, and dumping their empties in the Catholic churches' trash cans.

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Numbers 6 proves "wine" isn't a misprint [View all] jmowreader Aug 2013 OP

I have never heard of this before. What is the objection to the word wine? cbayer Aug 2013 #1

I've never heard a fundamentalist maintain okasha Aug 2013 #3

Agree. I have met some fundamentalists that don't drink because they think cbayer Aug 2013 #5

I've heard the grape juice thing when i was a kid. ntt rrneck Aug 2013 #7

That it was a mistranslation? I believe you. cbayer Aug 2013 #9

Can't say for sure. rrneck Aug 2013 #10

My Southern Baptisi mother okasha Aug 2013 #17

Did she never read Ecclesiastes? cbayer Aug 2013 #18

Ecclesiastes? okasha Aug 2013 #21

I like both of those books, as well as many of the Psalms. cbayer Aug 2013 #25

There's a lot of wisdom in those books, okasha Aug 2013 #33

Not familiar with Wisdom. Interesting stuff. cbayer Aug 2013 #35

Southern Baptists never have sex standing up. rrneck Aug 2013 #23

Someone has defined Calvinism okasha Aug 2013 #24

I learned from the staff at a hotel in Nashville rrneck Aug 2013 #26

And I'll bet okasha Aug 2013 #28

The porn channels do well, too. nt Nay Aug 2013 #29

Remember the old phrase "Protestant work ethic""? jmowreader Aug 2013 #36

There is this... jmowreader Aug 2013 #11

The fundies I met say all wine drank by the good guys in the Bible were magically made non-alcoholic 2ndAmForComputers Sep 2013 #40

Hic! I dunno. longship Aug 2013 #4

Our church served grape juice out of respect to those who did not or could not cbayer Aug 2013 #6

Welch's blueridge3210 Aug 2013 #16

Welch's invented the grape juice business for exactly that reason jmowreader Aug 2013 #37

Of course they read it wrong Warpy Aug 2013 #2

If I ever run across someone who says that, I'll tell them. rug Aug 2013 #8

More people are probably familiar with the wedding bmbmd Aug 2013 #12

New wine is better? Then why vintages? aquart Aug 2013 #15

"New" bmbmd Aug 2013 #19

I would definitely take a case. cbayer Aug 2013 #20

So would I. okasha Aug 2013 #22

okasha, if you like wine, check out Nakedwines.com cbayer Aug 2013 #27

Thanks! okasha Aug 2013 #34

When the new wine is made by Jesus, miraculously, Mariana Aug 2013 #32

When Jesus makes wine he makes the good stuff jmowreader Aug 2013 #38

the first thing Noah d_r Aug 2013 #13

Frankly, I'm more suspicious of a substitution of wine for an original beer. aquart Aug 2013 #14

What store carries marriage registries for Politicalboi Aug 2013 #30

I've come across this one, and my favorite response is by Robert Farrar Capon Fortinbras Armstrong Aug 2013 #31

I just discovered that Father Capon died earlier this month. Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2013 #39