Is the Bible against us, the sober ones?

The collection was based on one of the most well-known and authoritative hierarchs of Tsarist Russia began the beginning of the 20th century - Schchmch. Vladimir (Bogoyavlensky), read in Moscow in 1912 at the All-Russian congress of practical figures to combat alcoholism.
In the second half of the XIX century, the Russian Orthodox Church resolutely supported the People"s Movement for the Collapse, and then actually led him. By 1913, over half a million people consisted in sobriety societies. Spiritual and moral and sober enlightenment was carried out among all groups of the population.
With the arrival of Soviet authorities, the achieved restrictions on the sale of alcohol were soon canceled. Due to the annual expansion of the production of alcohols over the past 100 years, the consumption of alcohol in our country has been increased more than 4 times.
Soviet propaganda erased in the minds of people an understanding of sobriety as about the norm of Christian life. Returning now to the church, many have kept the habit of systematic intoxication during the holidays, not counting such a custom dangerous or reprehensible, and on the contrary, believing an abstinence impossible for an Orthodox Christian.
The materials of this collection will help clarify why and on what basis the Orthodox sinkers called and call for the failure of the use of alcohol, seeking to preserve our people and revive his spirituality