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Was There Alcohol in the Wine...

Discussion in 'Baptist Theology & Bible Study' started by richard n koustas, Jun 27, 2007.

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  1. npetreley

    npetreley New Member

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    You think that's funny -- wait until you hear/read this. One of the things I made on my own was yogurt. I made a new batch almost every 2-3 days. The process is the same principle as wine. You heat the milk until you kill off all the natural bacterial microbes. Then you add your own culture and let it sit at a warm temperature that grows the yogurt bacteria well. After about 12 or more hours you've got yogurt (let it sit longer for a tangier yogurt).

    Well, I had strep throat and couldn't get rid of it. It only occurred to me after a month or so that I was coughing when making yogurt. In retrospect, I bet I was growing strep culture along with my yogurt and recycling it into my system. Once I stopped making yogurt, it was gone in about a week.

    Lesson: wear a surgical mask if you want to make yogurt.
     
  2. GLipscomb48

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    I do not have these books by Pliny and Aristotle on hand, but have read their accounts of fresh grape juice being preserved. Not for as long as Josephus recorded. It was Josephus who recorded the wine, fruits and vegetables that were nearly a century in age.
     
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    A claimed address is not the same thing as an actual IP address. Anybody in New Jersey can claim he's from Podunk, Iowa, and the only ones who can know where he is really located are those who have access to the IP addresses. Absent the IP addresses, I will not make any accusations. However, I do find it an amazing coincidence, and I won't say otherwise just to be polite.
     
  4. Bible-boy

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    I don't mean to push the issue,but if you are going to site a source then you need to be prepared to actually provide the source references, otherwise it does not recommend your line of argumentation. Can you track the references down and provide them later?
     
  5. GLipscomb48

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    Bible-boy,

    I will endeavor to get that information for you. I have to go out later today.
     
  6. npetreley

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    If I recall correctly, Josephus didn't record anything about wine. He said there was fresh fruit that was preserved for 100 years. And if you believe that, I have a bridge I'd be glad to sell you.

    Regardless, one unsubstantiated fable about a single case where fruit was preserved for 100 years does not tell you anything about wine, nor does it tell you what people did to preserve things as a rule. We have plenty of historians who record that it was common practice for people to use fermented wine to purify water, and that was the most common daily drink. These accounts outnumber Josephus' single "Ripley's Believe It Or Not" account by the thousands.

    By the way, Josephus had almost nothing to say about Jesus, and some people even question whether or not the mentions of Jesus were added later by someone other than Josephus. If you want to place so much stock in what Josephus has to say, you'd have to conclude that Jesus didn't make much of an impact in His time.
     
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    Thanks,

    I love an excuse to use my Great Books of the Western World set or to pull out my old college textbooks!:thumbs:
     
  8. npetreley

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    I'll let someone else provide the references, but Pliny talked about a drink that was made by mixing water with grape syrup. It wasn't specifically in reference to what the Jews did with grapes in the times of the OT. I don't know what Aristotle wrote, if anything, about grape drinks.
     
  9. GLipscomb48

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    Question? Can a blessing from God to man be a curse to man?

    I say not.
     
  10. npetreley

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    I guess you've never dated anyone. ;)


    (ducks)
     
  11. GLipscomb48

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    who says the date that turned out to be bad was from God?

    Many times people step out before God.
     
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    So...nobody ever abuses food or sex (both blessings from God)?
     
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    This thread is about the following:

    It is not about alcohol and wine in general; neither is it about the done-to-death subject of drinking alcohol.

    In addition, is is not about the status of posters who are not here to post now.

    Keep to the original topics or the thread will be closed.

    Thank you.

    rsr
     
  14. npetreley

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    Thank you. That was my point.
     
  15. npetreley

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    I don't have the right to ask because I didn't start the thread. But I get the impression the original poster's question was answered. I'd love it if you closed the thread.
     
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    Was this wine alcoholic?

    From Strong's concordance:
     
  17. npetreley

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    Ahhh, what did Strong know? He was obviously a drunk and a heathen. ;)
     
  18. Snitzelhoff

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    He was clearly just trying to justify his sin. :laugh:
     
  19. Bible-boy

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    If the thread does end up being closed I would still like it if someone would PM me with the references to Aristotle's and Pliny's works regarding the preservation of unfermented grape juice. ;):thumbs:
     
  20. GLipscomb48

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    Am doing that research Bible-boy and will email the info as soon as I get it together.:wavey:
     
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