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Originally Posted by Dr. Bobsky
It is telling. Religious hatred of specific drugs is bizarre: you’re told to drink wine in the very ritualistic practice of being a Catholic ffs. And wine kills more people than pot ever could. Pro life my ass.
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Yes, you are told that this is an essential practice, but this argument is really stretching the point. First of all, whether you believe it or not, at the point in the ritual, it is no longer considered wine. It is one cup (not the fluid measurement) shared between a number of people, probably 50 to 100. It is only a sip. The only one to drink more is the priest or assistant finishing the cup at the end of that portion of the ritual. There is no encouragement of the use of wine to any other use outside the ritual. Not to mention that even though the use is encouraged, even in children, it is still optional for the congregation to the point that the practice is sometimes suspended in the event of a contagious disease outbreak.