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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostCalm yourself, Pigster - I said "when I was younger".
My current opposition to alcohol is not based on my Christian experience - it's based on my police experience. All the wrecked homes, broken families, vehicle deaths --- I just decided I didn't want to have anything to do with it.
And I'd appreciate it if you not be such a master picker of nit.Enter the Church and wash away your sins. For here there is a hospital and not a court of law. Do not be ashamed to enter the Church; be ashamed when you sin, but not when you repent. – St. John Chrysostom
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Originally posted by One Bad Pig View PostYes, and then complained that it's unavoidable now.
Ok. Most people are able to consume it without any of that happening, though.
I yam what I yam.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostObserved, not complained - a stated fact.
Well, sure -- that doesn't mean I want to have anything to do with it. It's a personal choice.Enter the Church and wash away your sins. For here there is a hospital and not a court of law. Do not be ashamed to enter the Church; be ashamed when you sin, but not when you repent. – St. John Chrysostom
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostCalm yourself, Pigster - I said "when I was younger".
My current opposition to alcohol is not based on my Christian experience - it's based on my police experience. All the wrecked homes, broken families, vehicle deaths --- I just decided I didn't want to have anything to do with it.
And I'd appreciate it if you not be such a master picker of nit.
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Originally posted by One Bad Pig View PostIn context, it looked a whole lot like a complaint, as if you were lamenting the inability to avoid it like you used to.
When I was younger (like 50 years ago) and a member of an independent fundamentalist Baptist church that forbade the consumption of alcohol as a beverage, I made it a point to avoid restaurants that served alcohol. It was easy back then.
That was when I was younger. Like a long time ago. Not now. Like 40 years ago.
IF I had that same preference today, it would be a lot harder to avoid restaurants that did not serve alcohol. But I COULD, if I wanted to. But I don't. Cause that was a long time ago. When I was younger.
And, coincidentally, I stopped drinking booze when I was of legal age to start. I just don't need it.
Sure.
And, no, consumption of alcohol and consumption of sushi are not the same thing. Though I don't do either. But for different reasons.
Is that more clearerer?The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostNo, I wasn't lamenting anything... lemme try this again....
When I was younger (like 50 years ago) and a member of an independent fundamentalist Baptist church that forbade the consumption of alcohol as a beverage, I made it a point to avoid restaurants that served alcohol. It was easy back then.
That was when I was younger. Like a long time ago. Not now. Like 40 years ago.
IF I had that same preference today, it would be a lot harder to avoid restaurants that did not serve alcohol. But I COULD, if I wanted to. But I don't. Cause that was a long time ago. When I was younger.
And, coincidentally, I stopped drinking booze when I was of legal age to start. I just don't need it.
I also don't frequent places that serve sushi, but for different reasons. AND, when I was younger - like 40 years ago, it was much harder to find places that served sushi. Assuming you were looking. And I wasn't.
And, no, consumption of alcohol and consumption of sushi are not the same thing. Though I don't do either. But for different reasons.
Is that more clearerer?
Also, I consumed sushi today. No alcohol though. I was at work. But a cider would be nice.
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Originally posted by thewriteranon View PostWell, is it forty or fifty years? Get it together, man!
Also, I consumed sushi today. No alcohol though. I was at work. But a cider would be nice.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostNo, I wasn't lamenting anything... lemme try this again....
When I was younger (like 50 years ago) and a member of an independent fundamentalist Baptist church that forbade the consumption of alcohol as a beverage, I made it a point to avoid restaurants that served alcohol. It was easy back then.
That was when I was younger. Like a long time ago. Not now. Like 40 years ago.
IF I had that same preference today, it would be a lot harder to avoid restaurants that did not serve alcohol. But I COULD, if I wanted to. But I don't. Cause that was a long time ago. When I was younger.
And, coincidentally, I stopped drinking booze when I was of legal age to start. I just don't need it.
I also don't frequent places that serve sushi, but for different reasons. AND, when I was younger - like 40 years ago, it was much harder to find places that served sushi. Assuming you were looking. And I wasn't.
And, no, consumption of alcohol and consumption of sushi are not the same thing. Though I don't do either. But for different reasons.
Is that more clearerer?
And I gotta stop this conversation. The cognitive dissonance of discussing this topic here and something entirely different in the bars/nightclubs thread is making me .Enter the Church and wash away your sins. For here there is a hospital and not a court of law. Do not be ashamed to enter the Church; be ashamed when you sin, but not when you repent. – St. John Chrysostom
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Originally posted by One Bad Pig View PostPerfectly. I was only trying to explain what it looked like, and why I replied the way I did (and in the back of my mind, your (mock?) smugness in not having consumed alcohol since it was legal - which you seem to bring up every time this topic comes up - was also coloring things).
And I gotta stop this conversation. The cognitive dissonance of discussing this topic here and something entirely different in the bars/nightclubs thread is making me .The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostNo, I wasn't lamenting anything... lemme try this again....
When I was younger (like 50 years ago) and a member of an independent fundamentalist Baptist church that forbade the consumption of alcohol as a beverage, I made it a point to avoid restaurants that served alcohol.A happy family is but an earlier heaven.
George Bernard Shaw
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Originally posted by Catholicity View PostIf I may the IDF don't really want you to do anything. They have an unrelenting fear that somewhere someone might be happy.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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