WE> During American prohibition what happened to the Christian custom of
 WE> bread and wine?  Nothing or was it also prohibited to allow only the
 WE> breaking of bread?
   It is apparent that you have not done a lot of investigating of religious
variances, William.
   Southern Baptists and probably other denominations as well did not, within
my lifetime, use "wine" at all in communion services.  They usually used
Welch's grape juice.  Without getting into theological abberations on this
subject, it might be noted that while I was in North Africa during WW II we
obtained a 5-gallon gasoline can of barely fermented wine from the fields and
"drank on it" for several days.  Roman Catholics DO use wine and I assume 
hat
even the children take their sips.  I am not Jewish but have participated in 

number of Interfaith seders and the wine that was used in those was always
Mogen David which is tasty but one would hardly call it a hightly spirited
wine.  
   As for the dealing with miracles this has gone through various periods.
During my younger years rationalization of miracles was high priority in some
circles.  On the wine at Cana the story was often that Jesus wouldn't have
turned that water (grin) into anything that was not pure and acceptable.
There was, of course, the story of Peter with the blanket let down from 
eaven
and the voice of God telling him to eat everything there - that nothing God
had made was unclean, etc. 
   One of the rationalizations written by a novelist into one of his books 
as
the feeding of the five thousand rationalized this way.  There was a little
boy with only a lunch of five loaves and two fishes.  When the little boy so
willingly opened his lunch and offered to share, the people who had all
brought just enough food for themselves decided to share also and 
onsequently
there WAS a lot left over.
   I hasten to add, in conclusion, that I take NO stock in such
rationalizations at all.  The literature is there and reflects the age in
which it is written.  The story of the loaves and fishes might well refer to 

religious sacrement of some sort.  Anybody who assures you he knows is simply
blowing smoke.  
   I think it is a shame to ruin precious literature reflecting the richness
of human life with such abominations but the literalists do not mind doing
this at all.  For them, it seems to make some sense.
Sincerely, 
                                     Frank
                                                                              
                                                       
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