(May 6, 2022 at 7:21 am)Ad Astra Wrote: By the way, I confronted God about the Bible’s apparent approval of drinking alcohol in the Bible. Jesus turned water into wine in the Gospels, and he also drank wine during the Last Supper. Eventually God spoke to me in an audible voice and told me it was misinformation.
This is how you know that it wasn't God. The voice that you're hearing doesn't know anything that you don't already know.
If it had then it should have explained to you that wine features prominently in the gospels because until the advent of modern sewage treatment and water purification drinking water was a bad way to die. The alcohol in wine acts as a primitive anti-microbial, making wine safe to drink in circumstances where drinking the water is an open invitation to a whole host of nasty parasites. Drinking wine in moderation has almost certainly saved more lives than drinking it in excess ever took. Drinking wine only became a sin in our society once we'd figured out indoor plumbing, chlorination, and municipal water distribution.
Quote:I’m miserable. Just truly miserable. I want my freedom in the worst way, but God’s excessive fault-finding is ruining everything!
If you are hearing voices and seeing visions then you should seek professional psychiatric help immediately. I'm not saying that with any malice but because I have lost family to similar afflictions. Do not trust your own judgement on this. If your brain isn't functioning properly then it will be impaired and unreliable. You go to a pastor with questions about faith, an electrician with questions about wiring, and a psychiatrist when you question the workings of your head.
