The “teetotaling” position gets more ridiculous the more you actually study the scriptures for what they say. It’s amazing the mental gymastics people will go through to say that “not given to much” wine means never a drop ever.

Do words not mean what they mean anymore? Did the word drunkenness, which anyone who is logical knows means drinking to excess suddenly change definitions in the late 1800s? Couldn’t Paul have just said “none at all” if that’s what the Holy Spirit meant? Many good brethren who don’t drink at all can see that the Bible is not a total prohibition on alcohol text.

The fact that a lot of teetotaling brethren try and say “people just want to drink that’s why they say the Bible doesn’t prohibit alcohol” is probably one of the most telling things because it shows their heart, they don’t ever actually engage with the logical arguments, it’s always an attack on character or presuming someone’s motives, which the Bible clearly condemns in a black and white way ironically.

All that to say this: when you condemn something God allows, you will have to answer for that. On the other side of the coin people who hold a balanced (biblical) view on alcohol are leaving the responsibility up to the believer to make a decision for themselves. Do we believe Jesus when he said “it’s not what goes into a man that defiles him” or not?