Was the Prohibition Movement an Intentional Attack on Catholics and Jews?
Question by Free Stuff in 2012: Was the Prohibition movement an intentional attack on Catholics and Jews?
Was the Prohibition movement an intentional attack on Catholics and Jews?
I have been reading about the huge mistake that was US Prohibition and noticed some trends that I had not been previously aware of.
The Temperance Movement (which originally proposed a legal intervention on the abuse of alcohol/hard spirits NOT a ban) became more powerful with the addition of the Lutheran Pietism movement (Protestant). This popular wave started pushing for a total ban on ALL alcohol (even wine) leading to 36 states becoming “dry” states and eventually a controversial nationwide amendment.
One of the tenets of (Lutheran) Protestantism is that the Eucharist (WINE and bread) was not necessary for worship.
Since Prohibition outlawed ALL alcohol, including wine, that would make all practicing Catholics and Jews into outlaws and bootleggers (ITALIAN Mafia anyone?)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietism
I am not saying that I know, I am saying that I am LEARNING. I never thought to even ask these questions or get these answers until I looked it up..
Another person who posted pointed out that Calvinism/Puritanism (Protestantism) had an even greater influence on American conservatism.
Martin Luther was against corruption and indulgences within Christianity and that attitude was interpreted in many ways within the movement. Many Protestants of the time felt that ANY alcohol was a temptation to sin.
I was able to find an article that said that PERSONAL wine brewing was one of the few legal exceptions (but not beer). I still have not found any articles on church consumption, but I guess that implies that wine had a loophole.
Best answer:
Answer by Drew
This is what happens when people read Wikipedia. While Pietism was a small sect within Lutheranism for a short time, it didn’t last because its tenets were diametrically opposed to the teaching of Luther who argued the Doctrine of Consubstantiation. This doctrine posits that the bread and wine of communion are BOTH true blood and body of Christ, as well as true bread and wine.
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