The reasons for the guilty verdict of drunkeness
I BLAME ALCOHOL – THE LIAR AND DECEIVER THAT WEAKENS THE INDIVIDUAL. PROMISING TO WARM; IT FREEZES. CLAIMING TO ENLIVEN, IT ONLY CAUSES ILLNESS AND DEATH.
I BLAME ALCOHOL – TURNING A STRONG HEALTHY PERSON INTO A WEAK AND DISEASE RIDDLED ABOMINATION.
I BLAME ALCOHOL – THE VILLAIN, THIEF, AND PLUNDERER OF THE WORKING PEOPLE’S HARD EARNED WAGES. IT FURTHER STRAINS SOCIETY BY NEEDLESSLY DRIVING PEOPLE TO HOSPITALS AND PRISONS.
I BLAME ALCOHOL – PERPETUATING CRIMINAL ACTIVITY OF VIOLENCE AND MURDER.
I BLAME ALCOHOL – THE PERFIDIOUS TRAITOR WHO HAS RUINED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE BOTH FINANCIALLY AND MORALLY.
I ASK: WHO IS VILE TO GOD AND HIS PEOPLE? THE DRUNKARD.
WHO IS POOR? THE DRUNKARD.
WHO IS THE FATHER OF AN UNFORTUNATE WIFE AND CHILDREN? THE DRUNKARD.
FROM WHAT MOUTH DOES DIRTY AND FOUL LANGUAGE FLOW? THE DRUNKARD.
I CONCUR VEHEMENTLY: DRUNKENNESS ALIENATES PEOPLE FROM GOD AND HIS TEMPLE.
TURNING FRIEND’S INTO ENEMIES, AND FATHERING COUNTLESS ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN.
DRUNKENNESS CAUSES THE SEPARATION OF HUSBAND FROM WIFE.
DRUNKENNESS BRINGS PEOPLE TO COURT AND PRISON WHERE THEY ARE PUT IN SHACKLES. PRISONS, HOSPITALS, AND MENTAL INSTITUTIONS ARE THE HAVENS FOR DRUNKARDS.
THE SOBER AND PIOUS PERSON SERVES GOD, WHILE THE DRUNKARD IS THE SERVANT OF THE DEVIL.
ONLY TROUBLE FLOWS FROM WINE! IT RUINS THE PERSON’S BELIEF, CHARACTER, MODESTY, REASON, CONSCIENCE, HEALTH AND WELL BEING.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND CHILDREN, REMEMBER FOREVER: DEATH BEGINS FROM THE VERY FIRST DRUNK EXPERIENCE.
REMEMBER: IT IS A DAMNATION FOR ANY PERSON TEMPTING A PURE YOUNG SOUL WITH ALCOHOL. IT WOULD BE BETTER TO HANG A BOULDER ON ONE’S NECK AND SINK TO THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA!
REMEMBER: THE DRUNKARD WILL NOT INHERIT THE DEVINE EMPIRE.
REMEMBER IT WELL; DO NOT DRINK OR FORCE ANOTHER TO DRINK.
MERCIFUL GOD! KEEP US SOBER AND GIVE US THE SOBER, PURE, ORTHODOX LIFE.
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