By the time the water was turned into wine the wedding guests must have already had a few. How could they have known that what they were drinking was better, unless the first drinks they were offered were dire?
"Give beer to those who are perishing, wine to those who are in anguish; let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more." Proverbs 31
Have you already had a few? You don't have to be p***d to appreciate good drink. It's just like having a few blended whiskies before being offered a premium malt. I gather you are of the Roman persuasion so perhaps the cardinals and the Pope can explain better than I can.
No. When I was in a state to be falling into ditches I wouldn't have know my elbow from another part of my anatomy, never mind taking time to study the chemistry of my new environment.
The subtle powers of suggestion as demo'd by TV hypnotists have made people eat onions and believe them to be apples. Don't suppose this is a new discovery.
I don't think Jesus turned water into wine or at least the wine we all know today. I believe so on the basis of only one thing and one thing alone. How can a prophet give his followers something that will destroy the health of millions in the centuries to come?
Free will comes into play here. Timothy 5:23 had it about right when he advised moderation.
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
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