Alcholic restaurants

[B4Real]

The counter argument i run into people when i say christians shouldn't eat at alcholic restaurants is "you go to Food Lion where they sell it" well good one. It would be nice to have some land and milk my own cows. I'm praying for that, but seriously. Also, eating on the sabbath day is a hard one too, they say "you have to have police and nurses" well okay but i was talking about the local gas station. Fill 'em up Sat night. You can't witness to someone asking them to go to church with you all while you're biting into one of their sandwiches and tipping them for working during church so you can fill your stomach.

[Psalm 51:17]

One of my mom's close friends used to own an Applebees restaurtant a while back - yes, they had a bar within it like the other Applebees.

Yes, I think they're good Christians, but nonetheless, we can be destroyed for a lack of knowledge. Yes, it's not a good Christian witness to own anything that sells liquor. I know we're not under the law, but under grace now, but again, what kind of example are we setting by eating at a restaurant that serves alcohol?

About that 2nd Cor 6:14-17 passage to "come out among them and be ye separate" passage - it's not like we have to force ourselves and make known to others demonstratively that we're doing this(as Christians). It's that b/c we are being obedient to God's word, others around us(the lost and the lukewarm Christians) do NOT want to be around us b/c we don't want to do these things. Thought I would add this here.

[NilsFor1611]

That certainly is difficult. But where I live, it cannot be obeyed easily. I am afraid the only solutions are to either eat and not order anything alcoholic or not eat there at all. Therefore, I am not sure if I can agree. I have eaten at so many restaurants that sell alcohol and never desired to drink any. Therefore, I will disagree with the others in this discussion. If we do not order something alcohol inspite of it being available, we are already setting a positive example. Period.