Theology III

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Originally Posted by Lief Erikson

It was used as a bitter medicine in ancient Egypt and by the Greeks. Its use as a drink, though, came far later.

The use of the word as a form of spirits came almost two thousand years after the Book of Revelation was written, so there's no way that it was used to refer to alcohol. Its original meaning was "bitter," and it's in that sense that it is used in Revelation.

It's not used in alcohol as a vermifuge. The reference to absinthe (and its exotic qualities) was just me yanking your chain a little.

Think of me as a brat.