Officially, the United Methodist Church discourages the use of alcohol. Alcohol is very rarely if ever seen in a Methodist church building. However, it is not unusual for Methodists to drink together outside a church building.
Because once a couple of teenagers turned up to a Church Dance drunk and were sent to the hospital. Since then, a man has urged Methodists not to drink for Lent and give all the money they would spend on alcohol to a Spirit Fund.
Im not totally sure.
your friends drink
Many communities offer programmes that encourage kids to abstain from alcohol and drug use.
Rather than vote yea or nay, I choose to abstain.
Abstain ?
You abstain, you are a teetotaler.
Buddhists have five precepts or ethic requirements that they must adhere to. They must abstain from killing, abstain from taking what is not given, abstain from sexual misconduct, abstain from false speak, and abstain from drinking alcohol.
You should abstain from alcohol: - if you're pregnant - if you plan to operate a machine that could cause injury - if you are taking medication that could cause a contrary interaction
The Mormons, the Seventh Day Adventists, and I believe the Methodists do.
apologize to them
I shouldn't think so seen as tho they abstain from sex, alcohol and drugs.
Say that you will leave a party after just one drink.
As a denomination, No. Most fundamental protestant denominations abstain from Alcohol. Some use it in Communion but most use grape juice.