The Bible does not only speak of scientific things, historical, social and moral but

also psychological things in life.

(Romans 14:21) “It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing
whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.”

Although it is not prohibited in the Bible to eat animal meat, the preceding verse
was cited by the apostle Paul as a warning to Christians not to offend fellow
Christians. It is a kind of admonition which can be considered psychologically
sound and healthfully good.

(I Timothy 4:3-5) “Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats,

which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe
and know the truth. For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused,
if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and
prayer.”

When it said, “it is good not to eat flesh and to drink wine”, [if it is an an offense to
anybody]; it does not only speak of social things but of scientific aspects as well.
Eating meat or flesh of animals and drinking wine is common to drunkards. The
word “flesh” used in the verse is kreas, which means animal meat.

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κρεÌ​ας

kreas

kreh’-as

Perhaps a primary word; (butcher’s) meat: - flesh. (Strong’s Hebrew and Greek
Dictionaries

Dictionaries of Hebrew and Greek Words taken from Strong’s Exhaustive

Concordance by James Strong, S.T.D., LL.D., 1890.)

Scientifically, human beings are not designed to be meat eaters or carnivores. If we

study our physical being, our body’s design is very much different from natural
meat eaters. Carnivores or meat eaters have fangs designed to kill, sharp claws
designed to tear flesh, short intestines (about 3 times the length of its body) for the
quick disposal of the waste product of meat containing putrifacted materials. They
have highly acidic saliva and digestive enzymes needed for the digestion of flesh,
bones, feathers and a remarkable enzyme uricase that digest and expels uric acid, a
highly toxic by-product of meat. They have large liver that helps in the
detoxification of the chemical by-products of meat. Whereas human beings which is
naturally born a frugivore have fangs, but not sharp, meaning it is not intended to
kill. Our fingers were not equipped with sharp claws needed to tear flesh. Our
intestine is 12 times the length of our body that allows the longer stay of fruits and
vegetables without harmless by products (needed for proper and complete
assimilation of nutrients in them). Our liver is not as large as those of natural meat
eaters because fruits and vegetables and nuts do not have plenty of toxic by-
products for the liver to neutralize. Our saliva is alkaline and with little ptyalin
needed to digest the small amount of starch in fruits and vegetables.

Considering all these factors we know that we are not natural meat eaters and
therefore it is scientifically sound to say it is good (for humans) neither to eat animal
flesh nor drink wine.

Wine, (those that are intoxicating)

is equally not fit for human
consumption. Scientific studies
show that alcohol and other
fermented materials in wine cause
a lot of unhealthy effects in the
human body.

Heavy alcohol use destroys the

liver, the body’s primary filtering
system, which means that germs of
all kinds won’t leave your body as
fast. The result is, heavier drinkers are more prone to initial infections as well as
secondary complications. Alcohol also dehydrates the body — it actually takes more
fluids from your system than it puts in.

(http://my.webmd.com/content/pages/5/4068_103.htm)

Alcohol is the number one drug of choice for teenagers.

Alcohol-related car crashes are the number one killer of teenagers in the
United States.
Alcohol is the number one drug problem in America

(http://www.sacsheriff.com/crime_prevention/documents/substance_abuse_01.cfm)

Nausea and sickness

Too much alcohol can irritate the stomach, leading to sickness and nausea, and can
lead to temporary impotence in men.

Alcohol has a dehydrating effect, and the traditional hangover arrives partly as a
result.

However, it is the longer term effects which worry doctors.

Too much alcohol over a prolonged period can affect nearly every organ in your
body.

Alcohol is essentially a poison, and the cumulative effects can be horrific.

Long term drinkers can suffer liver damage, as the liver is the organ that processes
the alcohol and removes it from the body.

Liver damage

There are three types of damage - fatty liver, in which fat is deposited in the liver,
impairing its function, alcohol hepatitis, an inflammation of the liver which can
cause severe symptoms and lead in some cases to alcoholic cirrhosis, which can
eventually cause liver failure if the drinker does not stop.

The first two stages are usually reversible, whereas cirrhosis has no cure.

Heavy drinkers can suffer from chronic gastritis - essentially a daily recurrence of
hangover style nausea and sickness. They can also suffer damage to the esophagus.

Pancreatitis is a common problem in heavy drinkers - this is an extremely painful

condition which is hard to treat, and sometimes fatal.

Brain damage is also possible in some cases - alcoholic dementia is often found in
very long-term drinkers.

Heart disease and stroke

However, it is damage to the heart and circulatory system that place many drinkers
at risk. Drinking over the recommended limits is one of the most common causes of
high blood pressure, which can contribute to heart disease.

Drinking heavily is also likely to greatly increase the calorific intake, perhaps
leading to obesity, which also increases these health risks.

Regularly drinking more than three units of alcohol a day increases the risk of a
type of stroke called hemorrhagic stroke.

It can also contribute to osteoporosis, lead to muscle weakness, make skin

conditions such as psoriasis and eczema worse.
In men, there is likely to be a loss of libido and potency, shrinking of the testicles
and penis, reduced fertility, loss of pubic hair and if cirrhosis is present, increased
breast size and loss of body hair.

In women, ovulation may cease, and breasts and sexual organs shrivel.

Many cancers are alcohol-related, particularly those of the mouth, esophagus, liver,
stomach, colon, rectum, and perhaps breast cancer in women.

Harming unborn children

Heavy drinking, even in one-off binges, by pregnant women can harm their unborn
child.

It can lead to miscarriage, low birth weight, and, in the worst cases, to fetal alcohol
syndrome, a group of defects which can include lowered IQ, facial malformations
and growth deficiencies.

Many studies have found suggestions that moderate alcohol drinking, for example
one or two units a day, can have a protective effect against in particular heart
disease.

This has yet to be conclusively proven, as it is not clear whether it is the alcohol, or
some other ingredient in the drink, which is having the effect.

( http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/medical_notes/a-b/872428.stm)

By all these scientific wisdom we may conclude that the Bible is a no nonsense
book. But what I admire most in the Bible being the words of the Creator is it can
penetrate the depth of one’s being.

(Hebrews 4:12-13) “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than
any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and
of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the
heart. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things
are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.”

The words of God are so

powerful that it can divide
asunder the soul and the
spirit meaning that it can
penetrate the innermost
part of our being. In fact it
speaks of the conscience
and by this we know that it
speaks the truth. My dear
readers I know that you
have your conscience.

(Romans 2:15) “Which

show the work of the law
written in their hearts,
their conscience also
bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one
another…”

You can feel how truthful this pronouncement of the Scriptures. Our conscience
bears witness of the existence of God. The Bible exactly tells us what is happening
inside our being or in our conscience. It may accuse or excuse our own self and
other people. Do you feel the same?

I hope that you will be honest enough in your reply; after all, it is not my business
knowing your conscience, but yours. In our conscience also, the Bible tells us that
there are”things of the law” written by God. Even if we have not heard the audible
voice of our Creator, we know that our conscience can tell us of what is right and
what is wrong. Verily, these are the things contained in God’s law: what is right —
the dos, and what is wrong — the don’ts.

(Romans 2:14) “For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the
things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto
themselves:”

Considering all these facts do you now agree with me that the Bible does not only
speak of scientific but also psychological matters.

God knows our being, He knows our promptings. Solomon, with his God-given
wisdom, once judge two quarreling women: each claiming that the baby boy is her
son. He rendered judgment and said, “Divide the boy into two.” And the real mother
gave up her son for it not to be divided.

(I Kings 3:16-27) “Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king,
and stood before him. And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman
dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house. And it
came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was
delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house,
save we two in the house. And this woman’s child died in the night; because she
overlaid it. And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while
thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my
bosom. And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was
dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son,
which I did bear. And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and
the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my
son. Thus they spoke before the king. Then said the king, The one saith, This is
my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son
is the dead, and my son is the living. And the king said, Bring me a sword. And
they brought a sword before the king. And the king said, Divide the living child in
two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. Then spoke the woman whose
the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she
said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said,
Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it. Then the king answered and said,
Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.”

Do you now believe that the Bible speaks of psychological matters? What am I
trying to prove by narrating all these things? I want you to realize the Bible is a no-
nonsense book. It comes from somebody who know even our conscience which
cannot be known by the dearest and the most intimate of our relatives. It is known
only to God.

(Jeremiah 17:9-10) “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately
wicked: who can know it? I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to
give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.”

You might say, “So what if there is a God?”. I am trying to convince you to believe
that we came into existence because of a loving God who is always waiting for us to
acknowledge him. There are fools, who do not believe in God.

(Psalms 53:1) “The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God. Corrupt are they,
and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.”

No amount of intelligence and knowledge

that an atheist may posses can make him a
good and better person, than to
acknowledge the existence of God who
created him and his neighbors. The best
men in the whole history of humanity
(men with human considerations, pity,
justice, loving-kindness, moral aptitude
and great leaders) all believe in God. I
know that there was once a tyrant and
demonic leader who caused the death and
unspeakable sufferings of about 9 million
people, and that person does not believe in
God. Have you heard of Hitler? My
advice is that for you to investigate.

My goal in preaching and teaching the

Gospel to other people is to convince them
to believe in God: the Almighty Creator of
heaven and earth, because I know in my
conscience, had it not been for my acknowledgment of the existence of a great God,
perhaps I would just be like those fine looking people who hide a monster in their
conscience. Belief in God will make you a better person, more caring and more
considerate to others — and that is the element of a more peaceful society of
humans. Unbelief will not make you good, but 100% evil.

(Romans 3:10-18) “As it is written, there is none righteous, no, not one: There is
none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone
out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth
good, no, not one. Their throat is an open sepulcher; with their tongues they have
used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: Whose mouth is full of cursing
and bitterness: Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in
their ways: And the way of peace have they not known: There is no fear of God
before their eyes.”

God Bless,

EFS

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