One of the things that I noticed, going back to the Hellenic book that I bought last year, was the use of wine to most of the gods. Wine this and wine that! What if your a Hellenist that is under the age of 21 or even someone that is against drinking wine or even touching it? These people do exist and I think that it's only fair that they shouldn't be force to give wine just because a group in Greece says that wine must be given.
Wine was given to most Greek deities. Especially Dionysus! When you read a book from other there, and see that wine is to be offered, it's important to understand that they are telling you what was given to the gods back then. And I will admit that they do follow what was given, minus offerings that can't be obtained. Over here we have people that are recovering from abusing wine, beer, and other 'spirits.' We can't expect them to give wine when they have had problems with it in the past.
I think that water, milk, even grape juice would be a good substitute for wine. I don't believe that the gods are expecting you to give them wine just because it was given way back when. It's what you can give them that's more important. Personally this argument can be said about animal sacrifice. Even though it was done back then doesn't mean that the gods expect you to buy a large bull and sacrifice it to Zeus.
We live in the here and now. And not in the past!
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