Did Ben really say that beer is proof of Gods love?
There is no evidence to suggest that Ben ever said that beer is proof that God loves us. However, he did have this to say about wine: We hear of the conversion of water into wine at the marriage in Cana as of a miracle. But this conversion is, through the goodness of God, made every day before our eyes. Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards; there it enters the roots of the vines, to be changed into wine; a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy. The miracle in question was only performed to hasten the operation, under circumstances of present necessity, which required it. This passage has been translated from the original French that Ben wrote in a letter to the Abb Morellet in 1779. The subject of the letter was wine and Divine Providence.
There is no evidence to suggest that Ben ever said that beer is proof that God loves us. However, he did have this to say about wine: We hear of the conversion of water into wine at the marriage in Cana as of a miracle. But this conversion is, through the goodness of God, made every day before our eyes. Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards; there it enters the roots of the vines, to be changed into wine; a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy. The miracle in question was only performed to hasten the operation, under circumstances of present necessity, which required it. This passage has been translated from the original French that Ben wrote in a letter to the Abb Morellet in 1779. The subject of the letter was wine and Divine Providence.
