Alcohol Consumption? (formerly "Baptists and Drinking")

Tony · 11-09-2005, 03:14 PM

EDIT BY WILLIAM (and by Tony):
This thread was split off from the "Why Baptists are the Best" thread, and wasn't created by Tony.

Well, yeah. Baptists don't drink when other Baptists are present. We pretend to not see each other in the liquor department.

Nate · 11-09-2005, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Tony

Well, yeah. Baptists don't drink when other Baptists are present. We pretend to not see each other in the liquor department.

It is my sincere belief that all Baptists drink, but hide such drinking from all other Baptists.

***BillSPrestonEsq*** · 11-09-2005, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Tony

Well, yeah. Baptists don't drink when other Baptists are present. We pretend to not see each other in the liquor department.

exactly...

**thesteve** · 11-09-2005, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Nate

It is my sincere belief that all Baptists drink, but hide such drinking from all other Baptists.

dang...i don't drink...i must be the only one.

***BillSPrestonEsq*** · 11-09-2005, 06:38 PM

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dang...i don't drink...i must be the only one.

you and me pal. We are the last...

**thesteve** · 11-09-2005, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by BillSPrestonEsq

you and me pal. We are the last...

strange coincendence that we're both in San Diego?

Tony · 11-09-2005, 10:15 PM

In fairness (and continuing to be off the original thread - sorry), not all Baptist denoms are explicitly opposed to alcohol. And I believe even SBC leaders are opening up the topic for guarded discussion. But I still have memories of seeing the Church Covenant pasted in the front panel of our hymnals, and seeing the phrase “abstain from beverage alcohol” as part of our code of behavior. My grandparents’ church in Arkansas had a giant poster of it up in the fellowship hall. Some churches even adopted it into their constitution.

**thesteve** · 11-10-2005, 05:51 PM

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I hear this all the time, but just about every Baptist I know drinks...with the exception of my ~~immediate family~~ parents. And Bill. And thesteve.

hmm...that's so weird...at my parents' church (independent Baptist) they preach abstinence from alcohol from the pulpit. at my church it hasn't come up, but none of the older folks i know openly drink.

Boy Genius · 11-10-2005, 09:07 PM

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that's so weird...at my parents' church (independent Baptist) they preach abstinence from alcohol from the pulpit. at my church it hasn't come up, but none of the older folks i know openly drink.

Actually, at my church (and therefore my brother Vershal's former church) they preach it loud and clear. Many people there are actually militantly abstinent (from alcohol that is), but many others just sit back quietly and don't say a word when the crazies get their dander up.

Tony · 11-10-2005, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Boy Genius

Actually, at my church (and therefore my brother Vershal's former church) they preach it loud and clear. Many people there are actually militantly abstinent (from alcohol that is), but many others just sit back quietly and don't say a word when the crazies get their dander up.

I'm sure you're just using a little humor here, but we all have our pet sins that fluff our dander. That doesn't make us crazy, just inconsistent.

milkmandog · 11-10-2005, 10:44 PM

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Because they're the only denomination named after a sacrament?

I hear this all the time, but just about every Baptist I know drinks...with the exception of my ~~immediate family~~ parents. And Bill. And thesteve.

I know. You weenies are afraid to baptise your babies.

You can add me , my wife and 2 daughters, my brother and sister in law, my mother and father in law, my uncle and aunt--- all teetotallers or in the case of my wife and I diet cokers

TheProdigalModern · 11-11-2005, 09:30 AM

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You can add me , my wife and 2 daughters, my brother and sister in law, my mother and father in law, my uncle and aunt--- all teetotallers or in the case of my wife and I diet cokers

The "every Baptist I know" comment was more tongue-in-cheek than anything. I attend a Baptist college, and many of the students here, once they realize that alcohol might not be the evil thing that they were once told it was, tend to take it overboard, even to the point of flaunting their spiritual freedom in front of people that they know don't see it that way. It's immature, but I think a little expected.

Boy Genius · 11-11-2005, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Tony

I'm sure you're just using a little humor here, but we all have our pet sins that fluff our dander. That doesn't make us crazy, just inconsistent.

It was completely tongue in cheek; the crazies comment was intended to be taken as a joke, though that about some being militantly abstinent was not.

**JesusFreakGirl** · 11-14-2005, 02:13 PM

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dang...i don't drink...i must be the only one.

neither do i, but i'm only 16.....so i better not drink.....

ha, just kidding...

really i don't, seriously.....For GOODNESS SAKES...why the referance to alcohol all of a sudden???? AGH!!!!! but really, i'm a good kid, i don't drink, and none of my baptist friends drink either.

***BillSPrestonEsq*** · 11-14-2005, 02:24 PM

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neither do i, but i'm only 16.....so i better not drink.....

ha, just kidding...

really i don't, seriously.....For GOODNESS SAKES...why the referance to alcohol all of a sudden???? AGH!!!!! but really, i'm a good kid, i don't drink, and none of my baptist friends drink either.

baptists are notoriously hypocritical in their stances on alcohol.