Catholics & Catholicism

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I hope that you know your GOD loves you, no matter what GOD you believe in. Thank your GOD for life and ask your GOD to let you live as your GOD would want you to. When we look closely at GOD we begin to realize that we all believe in the same GOD, we may see GOD in different ways, but GOD will always be GOD. There can only be one GOD, and that one GOD loves us all, and wants nothing but the best for us. If your in doubt, just remember GOD works in mysterious ways, there is a reason for everything… God thank you. Someone

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In article – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I hope that you know your GOD loves you, no matter what GOD you believe in. Thank your GOD for life and ask your GOD to let you live as your GOD would want you to. When we look closely at GOD we begin to realize that we all believe in the same GOD, we may see GOD in different ways, but GOD will always be GOD. There can only be one GOD, and that one GOD loves us all, and wants nothing but the best for us. If your in doubt, just remember GOD works in mysterious ways, there is a reason for everything… God thank you. Someone

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy (In case you are wondering how this relates to brewing). Bruce Wenzel Ventura, California

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Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy (In case you are wondering how this relates to brewing).

Ahhh…a fellow Lutheran, no doubt!  (At least you have potential….do you like red Jello?) Bart

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Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy (In case you are wondering how this relates to brewing). Ahhh…a fellow Lutheran, no doubt!  (At least you have potential….do you like red Jello?) Bart

Ok, all the anti-Papazians out there may not like it, but I like the T-shirt available in the AHA catalog that says "In heaven there is no beer, that’s why we drink it here". You sure you guys aren’t Catholics?  (I’m not.)  A friend of mine, who is, regularly coordinates, plans, and puts on parties for the church’s young people and provides a couple of kegs of beer.  I asked him how the church found that to be acceptable…he said, "Well, it’s up to you to not drink if you aren’t 21, and it’s up to you to not get drunk."  I asked if anyone did, get drunk that is, and he said that they did have some problems with that.  So I asked him if that would cause the church to shut down the beer parties. He said, "No".  I IMMEDIATELY joined the church!  (Just kidding). — Brian Bierkiester Brewery, Corvallis, Oregon

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So I asked him if that would cause the church to shut down the beer parties. He said, "No".  I IMMEDIATELY joined the church!  (Just kidding).

This is only vaguely related to beer and brewing, but perhaps some of you will interested on the _real_ Christian take on alcohol:  (If not, please just skip it. I’m not preaching here, I just think you’ll like these facts.) Fact 1:  Grape juice was invented in 1850.  Until then, all "fruit of the vine" was alcoholic, contrary to certain ignorant sectarians. Fact 2:  Wine is presented throughout the Old and New Testaments as _a sign of God’s blessing_.  The deeper meaning of Jesus’ miracle at the Wedding at Cana was that if the party ran out of wine, then it was a sign that God was NOT blessing the marriage.  So when Jesus steps in and provides the wine, it shows that He is God. Therefore (and you guys should love this) the very first way that Jesus displays His Godhood is BY BUYING A ROUND. Fact 3:  Similarly, in the Communion service, wine/blood is a sign of the greatest blessing of all, that is, the forgiveness of our sins for the sake of Jesus’ suffering. Fact 4:  There are about 1 billion (10^9) Christians who make absolutely no association between alcohol and evil; who indeed see alcohol as a particularly poignant sign of God’s love.  This includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican and Lutheran churches and their derivatives. (I don’t understand the Baptist rule about alcohol yet. Apparantly, a Baptist can’t drink unless he is the only Baptist in the room, or unless he enters the pool hall by the back door.  This is a deep mystery, which they won’t share with us outsiders.) Anyway, ONLY IN FRINGE AREA, AMERICAN SECTS (which we have sadly exported) do we find a miniscule minority of ignorant, backwater, rednecks who think that beer is a sin and beating up black people is noble.  And I get a bit miffed that the question even comes up "How does your church get away with having beer at it’s picnics?" The answer is "1.  What wrong with it? and 2. Why did you think something was wrong with it?" In sum:  Christians are greatly thankful to God for the gift of alcohol which "makes the heart glad." Psalm 104:15 (wherein wine, bread and oil are put on the same level:  blessings) Bart

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I know that he works in mysterious ways, but why did he make my carboy break this weekend ? TimW

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I know that he works in mysterious ways, but why did he make my carboy break this weekend ? TimW

Uhhh, by any chance were you wearing plaid boxer shorts at the time?  That would explain it, of course.  He does have a sense of humor, you know, but I wouldn’t push it. Scott

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Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy (In case you are wondering how this relates to brewing).

Beer, i.e its effect on the brain, is proof that consciousness is purely biochemical in nature. To me, this argues against the existence of God as it brings into question the concept of a soul. * "Don’t turn around bitch, or I’ll turn you into a pillar of salt." * *                       -God, final instructions to Lot’s wife as    * *                         she fled the destruction of the cities of  * *                         Sodom and Gomorrah (Book of Genesis).      *

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Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy (In case you are wondering how this relates to brewing). Bruce Wenzel Ventura, California

I seem to remember reading something, somewhere, like "In the beginning was the wort, and the wort was God", which basically proves that beer was the real reason for creating the universe in the first place. Just think – billions of years of evolution, the ascent of humankind, the discovery of fire, electricity and metals, the development of agriculture, refrigeration, plumbing, plastics, computers and hardware stores all happened solely so that we can brew beer. Isn’t it a lovely world MikeS

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I know that he works in mysterious ways, but why did he make my carboy break this weekend ? TimW Uhhh, by any chance were you wearing plaid boxer shorts at the time?  That would explain it, of course.  He does have a sense of humor, you know, but I wouldn’t push it. Scott

Strangely, my mom always said that beer is one of the proof’s that God is Irish.  And getting drunk was proof of his sense of humor and further proof that he was, indeed Irish. Even stranger, my mom *can’t* stand beer.  She says it tastes like old socks.

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