A Response to Earl Edward’s Can a Christian Drink Alcohol?
June 4, 2018 alcohol, Christian living, morals No CommentsEarl Edwards recently wrote a lecture for the Freed Hardeman Lectureship held in February, 2018 titled, “Can a Christian Drink Alcohol?” (Entrusted with the Faith,ed. by Douglas Y. Burleson, 147-155) in which he affirms the moderation view of drinking alcoholic beverages while advising a voluntary abstinence. I have written a reply to Edwards and put it on my blog under the page Biblical Articles. Please take the time to read this reply. Edwards makes the following errors: (1) he commits the fallacy of selective evidence; (2) he commits the fallacy of analogy by using an analogy falsely; (3) he contradicts the apostle Paul; and (4) he contradicts himself. In these ways, Edwards has violated the law of rationality in order to reach his conclusions. The reader is asked to weigh the evidence, reason about the evidence correctly, and draw only such conclusions as are warranted by the evidence.