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by juliejules on November 16th, 2008
...back in the day, wine was grape juice, so there wasn't any commandment to not drink wine, if you have ever drank any type of alcohol, you definately understand the description of a "burning" sensation...henceforth the " hot drink" that we are to avoid. not hot chocolate or herbal tea. as far as the tannic acid thing...makes sence to me...i don't want my tummy looking like cow hide...and if you have ever drank coffee, well you also know that it will upset your tummy...bottom line...if it's bad for you don't do it. no one says that you are forbidden to eat chocolate donuts, but i don't think you were ment to eat a dozen or more a day for life...get my point?
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Hey, Julie. This a pretty good answer, but I think you’re propagating an urban legend regarding the “grape juice” thing. From what I’ve read, Greek and Hebrew had different words for “wine” and “grape juice,” just like we do, in English—and the word used for what the ancient Christians drank was most assuredly “wine.”
Of course, one only need read the introduction to the Word of Wisdom, to see why we shouldn’t base what we eat and drink *today* on what people did, a few thousand years ago.
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by the Otter on November 16th, 2008