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- On the first point, moderationists reflect the Hebrew mindset that all creation is good.
- Similarly, while the denominational temperance societies refused to make abstention a requirement for membership, and their position remained moderationist in character.
- The dispute comes in when one tries to define " abuse, " which moderationists and some abstentionists take to mean " use too much " and other abstentionists and all prohibitionists take to mean simply " use ".
- Abstentionists also reject the position of moderationists that in many circumstances Christians should feel free to drink for pleasure because abstentionists see alcohol as inherently too dangerous and not " a necessity for life or good living, " with some even going so far as to say, " Moderation is the cause of the liquor problem ."
- On the second point, Martin Luther employs a " reductio ad absurdum " to counter the idea that abuse should be met with disuse : " [ W ] e must not . . . reject [ or ] condemn anything because it is abused . . . [ W ] ine and women bring many a man to misery and make a fool of him ( love feast in Corinth, However, moderationists approve of voluntary abstinence in several cases, such as for a person who finds it too difficult to drink in moderation and for the benefit of the " weaker brother, " who would err because of a stronger Christian exercising his or her liberty to drink.