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Religion and Drinking

A profound relationship between a persons religious beliefs and weather or not they choose to drink alcoholic beverages was not found in our small sample size. When researching others findings on the subject a clear trend was again not found. The relationship between people’s religious beliefs and alcohol are very complex and vary greatly from one religion to the next. Many Christian religions allow for its followers to consume alcohol and is even used in some religious services while others strictly forbid its consumption.These other denominations that forbid alcohol consumption would the Islam and Buddhism because they might fear punishment for their gods and feel that it is impure, unholy, and unnatural.

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