Hi Luke,

I don't have much to add to what others have already said, other than to wonder if, perhaps, your reasons for not signing would be easier to discern if you kept it to the matter of their prohibition against alcohol and how they are attempting to bind your conscience in an unbiblical manner. Often it is most effective when writing a persuasive argument to choose your strongest and best supported point and build a Biblical case than to try to prove so many points. You might want to take a look at Chapter 22 of the WCF (On Lawful Oaths and Vows) along with the suppporting scriptures to help you think through what is most important to you.


Trust the past to God's mercy, the present to God's love and the future to God's providence." - St. Augustine
Hiraeth