[Dan]

As far as I know, only the priest partakes of the wine and not the congregation, but I am altogether unfamiliar with the methods of Catholicism. However, I responded to your post because it made me recall something very interesting. Back in the 1850s, a Protestant pastor saw that some of the members of his congregation had this problem. They were recovering alcoholics, and one sip of wine would have caused a relapse. He thought that if only he could make wine that was not fermented, then the problem would be solved. The trouble was that back then when juice was derived from grapes, there was no way of keeping it from fermenting. So he put together a contraption that would process the juice but keep it from fermenting, and so grape juice was invented. The pastor's last name? Welch.

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[Dan]

Some congregations adhere to the 'tongues equals salvation' doctrine, but the majority of Pentecostal and Charismatic congregations are aware that tongues aren't necessary for salvation. When people say that things other than or in addition to Jesus Christ are necessary for salvation, I always point to the thief on the cross. As for it being necessary for worship, well, when it comes to worship, it is what's in the heart that counts. Tongues are a spiritual gift. To the individual, it is direct communication with God. To the congregation, when accompanied by interpretation, it is God directly speaking.

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[Dan]

These guys you observe learned this from their fathers. Team devotion can go as many years back in the generations as the team itself has existed. Back in the olden days, times were much harder, and diversions such as movies and ballgames were a much-needed break. And since people spent 60 hours a week at the factory and the rest of their time at home or a bar, they used such events as a release. According to my grandparents, people were actually rowdier in their time. I don't get too excited, either. Since my family is from northern California, there's supposed to be this legacy of devotion to San Francisco teams. I just saw no reason to adhere to it.

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[Dan]

This conflict goes back to Mesopotamia. Robin Hood, Bolsheviks, unions, St. James, you name 'em. Basically, the root of it is that the poor and working class lead hard lives, and they have to scratch and claw for what little they have. And then they see the rich, who have all sorts of material possesions, prestige, power, etc., and who seem to live on easy street. And there's also the stereotype of rich folks being snobbish, greedy, and so forth. So it's only natural for there to be resentment. Like I said, this goes back to the days of the cavemen, when Ugg was better at hunting and got more acclaim than the other guys.

I would suggest that you view the poor and working class with some reverence. Without them, the clothes you wear wouldn't have been sown, the car you drive wouldn't have been assembled, the house you live in wouldn't have been built and the food you eat wouldn't have been collected from the earth.

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[Dan]

Here in California, there is a faction whom I refer to as Aztlanistas, who are in favor of "reconquest" of Aztlan. Aztlan is the seven states that used to be part of Mexico (California, Texas, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona) but were taken militarily and "diplomatically." Aztlan is also the mythical birthplace of the Aztecs. Aztlanistas are generally regarded by the majority of Chicanos/Latinos to be on the extreme fringe.

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[Dan]

There is in possession manuscripts in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek that were created down to less than 100 years after the original Scriptures were authored. Legitimate modern Bible translations are based on these manuscripts. Also, in Europe and elsewhere in the world, monks and other translators were not allowed to deviate from the original by even one word. Despite linguistic shifts, we have these manuscripts in the original languages, and we have recordings of the customs and ways of thinking of the times in order to understand them.

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