“What’s your favorite restaurant?”
It’s a question I get at least once every week, typically from strangers who assume there’s one place I’d eat at again and again if my job didn’t involve watching over hundreds of places.
“Favorite restaurant for what?” I sometimes respond. Because there are different places I love for a quick lunch or a celebratory dinner, restaurants I gravitate to for date night vs. showing off to visitors — a distinction I addressed in my most recent annual fall dining guide. Read More...
The Bible never refers to underage drinking specifically. In Bible times, wine was the beverage of choice, partially due to the lack of water in the deserts of Israel. Everyone drank wine, and there was no cultural or biblical prohibition against it. The Bible only commands against drunkenness, not against drinking. There is no mention, therefore, of underage drinking in the Bible.
Scripture does not forbid a Christian from drinking beer, wine, or any other drink containing alcohol. Read More...
Although a friar is sworn to a life of poverty, the Friar in The Canterbury Tales shows that he can manipulate the system of religion to achieve a life of riches and power. He manages to seduce women, get money for providing God’s forgiveness, and becomes talented at debate to settle disputes for coin.Click to see full answer. Similarly, how does Chaucer describe the friar?In sum, then, the Friar is depicted as a religious man in name only, a person who does nothing but corrupt his own church for private gain and, in the process, destroys the foundations of faith among the people he is supposed to serve. Read More...