For This I'm Thankful

I was online the other day, when a post caught my eye.  It asked the question; can a Christian drink alcoholic beverages?  I have also seen recently other questions similar to this; can a Christian smoke, can a Christian have tattoos, or piercings, or how should a Christian dress.  And you will have those that say that drinking in of itself is not sin.  That to get drunk is the real sin.  There are arguments for and against by Bible Scholars and leaders of different denominations concerning these things.  You can go to various clergy and church leaders, and you will get many different opinions and scriptures that will affirm of repudiate the question at hand.  So I responded on that post that I emphatically do not think it is wise or correct to drink alcohol of any sort.

But then I began to reason within my heart as to why I…