Paul told Timothy to drink rotten grapes for his stomach?The senseless Catholic bashing that is allowed to go on and on proves to me that this forum is set up to persecute Catholics. Nobody knows who the owner is. This is not discussion, it is more like a bar room brawl.
You may not be aware, but drunkenness is a sin in the Catholic Church. Drinking alcohol does not automatically mean drunkenness, as you seem to imply. The process for making unfermented wine was not invented until the 1800's by the Welch family. The Bible does not forbid the consumption of wine, but it does forbid getting drunk. You seem unable to make the distinction. Here is a clue, truther, fresh squeezed grapes are seasonal, they are not available all the time. Without a fermentation process, an entire grape harvest would go rotten. Your Puritanical/Calvinistic prohibition is a man made tradition.
Matt. 26:27,29; Mark 14:23,25; Luke 22:17-18; 1 Cor. 11:25-27 – Jesus instituted the Eucharist using wine and commanded us to “do this in remembrance of me.” We know that Jesus instituted the Eucharist at the Jewish seder meal, which required the use of wine. Yet some Protestant churches forbid drinking wine. Such a prohibition is not based on the Scriptures.
Luke 7:33-34 – God the Son drank wine and was accused of being a drunk. Are those Protestant churches that forbid the drinking of wine doing the same?
John 2:1-11 – Jesus’ first miracle was turning water into wine which was drunk at the wedding at Cana. Wine is a symbol of the life of the Church, in both the Eucharist and, here, the sanctification of the sacrament of marriage. Verse 10 also indicates that the people drank enough wine at the feast to the point that they might not have recognized good wine from bad wine. Yet Jesus creates for them more wine to drink.
1 Tim. 5:23 – Paul tells Timothy to drink not just water, but a little wine for the sake of his stomach and frequent ailments. If Paul under divine inspiration encourages the drinking of wine, why do some Protestant churches prohibit it?
Gen. 14:18 – Melchizedek offers a bread and wine sacrifice, and Jesus is the Priest in the same manner. Heb. 5:6,10; 6:20; 7:15,17.
Neh. 8:10 – Nehemiah commands the faithful to drink sweet wine to celebrate the Lord and His holy day.
Psalm 104:15 – the Psalmist writes that “wine gladdens the heart of a man.” God gave us the fruit of the vine to enjoy.
This is just one example where your accusations against Catholicism is false, based on man made traditions of strict Puritanical/Calvinistic prohibitions that are not in the Bible.
Regurgitating made-in-America anti-Catholic cults is not "educating the public".
Your literal approach to the metaphors Christ used is an abuse of Scripture.
But BoL, anti-Catholics choose to be blind to Ignatius of Antioch, or any ECF. (none of them were Protestants) That way they can re-write church history to suit their man made traditions.
Paul knew better than that.
Paul told him to drink grape juice, not rotten grapes.
Grapes are good for you, not rotten grapes.
Rotten eggs are also bad for you
