Christianity - Lottery ticket to Heaven?

[Cute Wolf]

Yeah, not drinking alcohol is one of the Buddhist precepts, so that kinda works.

Historically, Srivijayan empire (the ancient Buddhist empire!)'s primary export was... sugar cane wine (tuak/legen), and it was the daily drinks for everyone that time.

Because the Indonesians themselves didn't want independence at all >_>

but we don't want to be put under islamic rule, I hope that terrorist parties to be arrested soon and executed, just like what Soekarno and Soeharto does, no tolerance towards religious fanaticism is always the best.

ADD:

oh, and now some of my muslim friends start asked me to buy booze for them, sonic included, since the rules are in trial period here

[Jaguara]

I am pretty confused, and it sounds like most other people are too.

If I am not mistaken, It sounds like what he is not telling us is that the new law in his country seems to be based on what religion you are registered as...So that if you are Christian, the anti-alcohol law does not apply, but if you are registered as a Muslim or Buddhist then you are no longer allowed to drink alcohol?

Please clairify the nature of this new law so that we can understand a bit better CW.

[Samurai Waki]

Depends on the brand of Christianity you're getting. The New World sects of Christianity tend to be more firebrand about the booze than old world.

[Hax]

Historically, Srivijayan empire (the ancient Buddhist empire!)'s primary export was... sugar cane wine (tuak/legen), and it was the daily drinks for everyone that time.

Yeah, and historically, the later Abbasid caliphs were a bunch of drunkard nymphomanes who partied all night long, Caligula-style, in their palaces in Baghdad.

Doesn't mean that a lot of Muslims drink nowadays, or that Buddhist organisations have no moral justification in their opposition to the consumption of alcohol.

[Centurion1]

catholics love booze look at one of our bastions of faith.......

ireland.....

[HoreTore]

....and yet, most anti-alcohol organizations in europe is based on christianity.

[Viking]

....and yet, most anti-alcohol organizations in europe is based on christianity.

Isn't one of the biggest orgs in Norway, perhaps the biggest, secular: MA? It also looks like the socialists have their own, if not for total abstinence.

EDIT: I found a source, and I'll translate it:

[...] The origin has only partially been religious. Particularly, the workers' movement supported the case of abstinence - in particular in the early 1900s.

[Skullheadhq]

catholics love booze look at one of our bastions of faith.......

ireland.....

Uhm, we were discussing Christianity, not catholicism ;)

[Cute Wolf]

and I seriously doubt about Sonic's intent
he just need to be patient with our "we knows" inconsistent government rules

unless he want to have work in certain corporations , that's true, Christians here have very very disproportionate grasps in Economy :D

[Centurion1]

Uhm, we were discussing Christianity, not catholicism ;)

yeah i realize im not mentally incompetent......

i was referring to this post ;)

epends on the brand of Christianity you're getting. The New World sects of Christianity tend to be more firebrand about the booze than old world.

@horetore..... the chinese of europe hahahahaha

[gaelic cowboy]

catholics love booze look at one of our bastions of faith.......

ireland.....

....and yet, most anti-alcohol organizations in europe is based on christianity.

Ta da
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer...ce_Association

[Cute Wolf]

I start to wonder, why the Christian religious anti-alcohol movements only grows in predominantly Christian society? Without booze = no fun = no wonder why they lack churchgoers in the west.

God never said "no alcohol" in Bible, only said not to overdrunk them