Reading from another site prompted me to create this topic and ask the following question:

Is it OK for a Christian to drink alcohol?

Interesting question, Daryl. I don't think Scripture specifically prohibits drinking, though it does condem excessive drunkeness. Drinking was not prohibited under Jewish law, and was part of life.

If Scripture doesn't specifically prohibit drinking, does Scripture specifically permit it?

We do many things not "specifically permited" by Scripture; this is not an arguement for or against any practice.

Scripture permits drinking by default, ie: by making rules against the use of alcohol on certain occasions or for specific reasons (Nazarine vows, for example), by implication this allows drinking at other times.

Daryl, I am a bit curious as to your thoughts re: my last post.

In a similar way, is it ok for a Christian to smoke?

One may argue drinking is mentioned in the Bible while smoking isn't, but with the Nazarine vows, was that alcoholic or just grape juice? Does seem odd for Nazarines not to drink grape juice. But at the same time, it seems odd to not eat yeast at certain times. Is the concept related? But then again, when it says to take tithe money and buy strong drink, what should we make of that? Was that a specific case or does it apply to everyone? One was instructed to marry a prostitute, but not sure that applies to everyone.

But a bigger question is, is there any benefit to drinking alcohol? There is much information about its harm.

kland, your bouncing all over the place. Try to focus. Scripture does not prohibit alcohol; why do we?

Drinking alcohol wasn't permitted during the Day of Atonement.

I would need to do a lot of my own research before commenting on your post, however, what you posted seems to be true at first glance.