But a person can always pray to G-d for any of his needs, and in any language. And if I had all the whiskey in the world, I'd take it and throw it into the river. He sat down. The Jewish view is far from both of these views. We believe that the enjoyment of wine, like other physical pleasures, can and should be used in the service of G-d.
Wine symbolizes a completed and perfected human life.
The Talmud recounts the events whereby Choni Ham'agel slept for seventy years. Hence, he neither ate nor drank during that time. Nor do I think he expects people to think that this is his message. I doubt if he meant to claim that this is really what the inside of the sun looks like. Our intention was that the concept of G-d's having a physical form contradicts our belief.