From the article: "While the SBC is standing its ground, the Red Cross says water is water and they're now handing out the supplies."
In related news, members of the local St. Patrick's RC parish refused to drink the offered bottles when they learned they did not contain Bud ;-)
who needs enemies with friends like that....
If true, kind of idiotic for the SBC.
These people need to ask themselves...WWJD?
If you take one, he'll drink all the beer.
Is this typical MSM slant?
According to:
http://www.nbc-2.com/articles/readarticle.asp?articleid=4747&z=3&p=
... the Baptists were *INDEED* handing out the water. But of course, the station doing the report (as well as many on FR) are poised to distain Christians and assume the worst about them....
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1511673/posts
So it's good if gubmint doesn't want an image of an elf on a beer can to encourage 'the chillldren' to drink beer and it's bad if a can of water has "Busch" printed on it? Sounds like the media is doing what they do best, attack good people doing good things. Seriously, let the SBC make their own decisions about what is appropriate for them. No one is dying of thirst here, and if there were, Terry Schaivo's executioners have assured me that it isn't uncomfortable at all.
Jesus turns water into wine,
Baptists refuse water from a beer company
Go fiqure.
My first Deacon's meeting, after being elected at an SBC church, was at the head deacons fishing camp. He served Cokes, Pepsis, Mountain Dew, or Budweiser...
Religious legalism strikes again.
Volunteers working with the Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief Unit honored the request of the host pastor to set aside canned water with an Anheuser-Busch logo. At no time was anyone deprived of water. In fact, there was a huge surplus of bottled and canned water available at the Clewiston relief site. There was never any disruption in the supply of water being given out to members of the public who continued to receive food, water and other types of assistance from Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief workers.
It is an absolute falsehood to suggest -- as many irresponsible bloggers have -- that the Baptist volunteers withheld the basic needs of life from Floridians impacted by the hurricane. Contrary to misinterpretations of news reports, no one was denied access to water.
One may disagree with the strong stand that many Southern Baptists take against the consumption of alcohol. One may even regard such opposition to alcohol as offensive.
But it's impossible to say truthfully that this conviction caused any inconvenience or shortage for victims of Hurricane Wilma. The facts are exactly the opposite.
The fact is that virtually all of the Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers serve selflessly -- taking time away from employment and family to minister in the name of Jesus Christ. Churches such as First Baptist Church, Clewiston, graciously serve as host sites -- providing a place where food, water and other necessities of life may be obtained by anyone in need -- without regard to religion or any other demographic consideration.
-- Keith Hinson, public relations associate
Alabama Baptist Convention State Board of Missions
Montgomery, Alabama