Christian views on alcohol Last Supper were non-alcoholic grape juice; however, the Greek word "oinos", used in the account of the wedding feast in Cana, is also used to describe alcohol in Ephesians 5:18. Christian views on alcohol Christian views on alcohol are varied. Throughout the first 1,800 years of Church history, Christians generally consumed alcoholic beverages as a common part of everyday life and used "the fruit of the vine" in their central rite—the Eucharist or Lord's Supper. They held that both the Bible and Christian tradition taught that alcohol is a gift from God that makes life more joyous, but that over-indulgence
Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001 for inciting serious contempt of Muslims, each were fined $2,000. Former state shadow Attorney general Andrew McIntosh announced prior to the 2006 election that the Liberal Party would repeal the religious section of the "fundamentally flawed" Act. In January 2006, nineteen Christian leaders from Melbourne's largest churches wrote to the Premier requesting the removal of the civil provisions in the act, claiming that aspects of the religious vilification law undermines multiculturalism. Independent MP Russell Savage, whose support helped Bracks form Government in 1999, described the act as "the worst legislation he had ever seen passed". Racial and Religious Tolerance Act