Referring to this subject, the Christian Register says: “We deplore intemperance, and welcome every truthful argument against it, but the argument founded on the non-intoxicating character of Bible wine is a weak and diluted fallacy.”
Vagrancy.
I refuse to accept the Bible as a moral guide because it encourages poverty and vagrancy.
Jesus Christ was the panegyrist of poverty and the promoter of vagrancy:
“Blessed be ye poor” (Luke vi, 20).
“But woe unto you that are rich” (Luke vi, 24).
“A rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven” (Matt. xix, 23).
“It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God” (Mark x, 25).
“Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth” (Matt. vi, 19).