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Originally Posted by SemperFideles  ...
... As it is, the argument for abstinence has not been built or sustained from a Gospel-motivation but on the basis of personal conviction. ... |
Personal conviction is not antithetical to Gospel-motivation. Personal conviction should informed by the Gospel's call to love your neighbor. I am assuming the bwsmith (and everyone else here, even you) is motivated by the same Gospel mandate to "love your neighbor" - and there is the "Gospel-motivation" you seem to miss.