There is no need for a man to concern himself with what another man drinks. Everybody has there own standards, some are strict with certain things and others are strict with certain other things, and a few are strict in all things.
I don't drink alcohol but it doesn't bother I who decides that is what they want to drink. One time some bredren came over to I place and one bredren asked I if it was alright for him to bring a six-pack of beer from his car. I told him to go ahead and bring it, and when I said that, a next bredren in I place looked at I with a screw face.
So the bredren brought the beer in and said to I, "I know that you don't drink, but would you like one?" I told him no thank you and then he offered a beer to the other bredren, who each took one. Even the bredren that looked at I with a screw face took a beer, but I didn't say anything at that point. After the bredren opened the beer and took a drink, I said to him,
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Why did you look at I with a screw face before when I gave the bredren permission to bring his beer in my house, and now you are drinking the beer he brought. I don't care if other people want to drink, it is not my interest, every man can choose their own things. And it doesn't matter to I if they bring the beer around I because I have no cravings for it, so I can't be tempted.
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I don't desire alcohol, and I know why I man is not supposed to drink it. But it is not a sin to drink alcohol, as long as no wickedness comes forth out of drunkenness. Every man and woman have their own trod and their own needs to support their trod. I need to keep away from alcohol to support I trod and Jah didn't put the desire in I to drink it, but others will trod their own trod.
Ark I
RasTafarI
Haile Selassie I
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