I thought Prema's post was certainly informative as to why "moderation" in drinking alcohol is no standard at all. However (and someone else can do the research!), I have long understood that "non-alcoholic" wine and beer AREN'T. They are simply sufficiently reduced in alcohol content as to avoid being labeled as regular beer or wine. One should be able to read labels (at least, in the U.S.) to see if it contains alcohol, I think.
Yours, Jeanine H. Prema wrote: > Hi Loic et al > > This discussion reminds me of a short anecdote that I recently came > across in Marzieh Gail's "Arches Over the Years" about Shoghi Effendi > (and wine). I quote from her book: > > "As we ate at the pension, outdoors under an arbor, there was wine on > the table. Wine and other alcoholic drinks were still used by many > Bahá'ís then -- 'in moderation', as they used to quote: 'Moderation in > all things.' The trouble seemed to be, nobody could agree on what > moderation was. > (snip) The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto ("e-mail") is sent by the Johnson County Community College ("JCCC") and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify JCCC by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu