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Scripture Analysis

Amos 6:4

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Who lie on beds of ivory, and stretch themselves on their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the middle of the stall;

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Contradictions (1)

Questions where the Bible appears to say two different things, with the passages on each side set together.

  • Is it OK to drink alcohol?

    The Bible's stance on alcohol is not a spectrum — it is a pile of mutually inconsistent positions. Some texts positively command drinking: wine as covenant blessing (Gen 27:28), festival wine (Deut 14:26), God commanding joyful drinking (Eccl 9:7).

    Critical scholarship: Usually considered reconciled.

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