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Worst Proverbs
by Sheik Ahmed Deedat
What a wonderful idea
The rampant evil of drunkenness is universal. The Holy Ghost has not yet made its pronouncement on this evil through any church. Christendom winks at drunkenness on thee filmsy pretences based on the Holy Bible.
Give strong drink (hard liquor) to him who is perishing (one who is dying) and wine to those who bitter of heart.
Deuteronomy 7:13 If they follow his commandments, God will bless the fruit of their wine.
Let him drink and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more. (Proverbs 31:6-7)Psalms 104:5 God gives us wine to gladden the heart.
Jeremiah 13:12 "... every bottle shall be filled with wine."
Genesis 27:28 "May God give you ... an abundance of grain and new wine."
Drinking alcohol is acceptable
Deuteronomy 14:26, John 2:7-11, 1 Timothy 5:23 Drinking alcohol is acceptable
A very good philosophy to keep the subject nations under subjugation, you will agree.
His very First Miracle
Jesus (pbuh) was no “kill-joy”, the imbibers say, he turned water into wine in his first recorded miracle in the Bible:
Jesus saith unto them, fill the
water pots with water, And they filled them up to the brim.
And he saith unto them, Draw out now….
when the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine……
and saith….(why) thou hast kept the good wine until now. (John 2:7-10)
Since this alleged miracle, wine continues to flow like water in Christendom.John 2:1-11 According to the author of John, Jesus' first miracle was turning water to wine
Sober advice
Saint Paul the thirteenth self-appointed disciple of Christ, the real founder of Christianity, advises his new convert protégé- Timothy, born of a Greek father and a Jewish mother :
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities. (I Timothy 5:23)
The Christians accept all the Bible quotations on stimulating and intoxication drinks given above as the infallible word of God. They believe that the Holy Ghost inspired the authors to pen such dangerous advices. Rev. Dummelow, seems to have some qualms about this verse. He says :
It teaches us that if the body needs the stimulant of wine, it is right to take it in moderation.
There are thousands of Christian priests who have been lured into alcoholism by sipping the so-called mild wine in the church rite of the Holy Communion. Islam is the only religion on the face of the earth, which prohibits intoxicants in toto. The Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) had said,
What ever intoxicates in greater Quantity, is forbidden even in smaller Quantity.
There is no excuse in the house of Islam for a nip or a tot. Holy Qur'an condemned in the strongest terms not only evil of alcohol but also namely, gambling, fortune telling, and idol worship with just a single stroke:
O Ye who believe!
Most certainly intoxicants and Gambling,
(Dedication of) stones,
And (divination) of arrows,
Are an abomination of Satan’s handiwork
shun such (Abomination), that ye may prosper. (Holy Qur'an 5:93)
(ICRA)