God Arises
Religion and Society
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others. It is not then the practice of drinking which
is be punished, but the harm which is done, or
could be done to other people. Yet, not only is
alcohol harmful to the health, but it is also a great
drain on one’s financial resources. Whole families
can be reduced to destitution by one man’s
alcoholism. By paralyzing the finer instincts alcohol
makes it easier for a person to commit crimes such
as murder, theft, rape and robbery. In fact, it so
reduces one’s sense of propriety that one becomes
little better than an animal. Society is fully aware
that such things are happening, but is not able to
prohibit alcohol by law. Why is this so? Because it
cannot find a solid justification for clamping
restrictions upon what people eat and drink.
Divine law, being an expression of the will of God
Almighty, provides a solution to this problem. The
very fact that its origin is God is sufficient reason
for its application in the world of man. It does not
require any further justification. God is All-
knowing and All-seeing. When He prohibits
something, it is because, quite simply, it is bad for
man, and what ever is bad for man should be
considered a crime and at all times eschewed.
