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Christian co-workers.

I got into it once with one of them about alcohol, and he stated just how evil it was, etc. So I asked him about Jesus' first miracle, transforming the jars of water into wine. Why would Jesus create something that it was sinful to consume?

No answer - so I asked him about the part in the Passion (text - not movie)where someone "soaked a sponge in sour wine", and gave it up to him on a stick for him to drink.

Why would Jesus do, as one of his last acts on earth, a sinful act by drinking the wine?

Now this guy is a very devout and sincere Christian, and I wasn't trying to beat him up or anything, but I wondered if he ever thought of these inconsistencies. He was a Bible literast, every word is the true word of God, no need to interpret, etc.

Well, he said, they didn't really mean "wine" - they meant "grape juice".

So I asked him if "wine" was the only word in the Bible we weren't supposed to believe or were there others?

He said that people like me were always trying to smear the Bible, etc, I should just read it and let it be my guide.