Posted on 11/01/2005 5:35:12 PM PST by KeithHinson
I originally posted this as a reply but am new to this web site. Here it is as a new thread:
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
That's the most important part.
And, St. Paul who had no trouble with the idea of buying the meat byproducts of a pagan temple (which typically used only certain parts for the idol sacrifice, leaving the rest of the animal available). The only caveat being that this shouldn't be done in the presence of a new Christian who had come from that background and who still cannot see it as different from idolatrous practice. (Nothing about what the unsaved world would think, curiously enough.)
The latter, I assume you mean (that there proved to be enough).
aye
False analogy. There was no beer, there wasn't even the word "beer." There was only the name and logo of a company that makes beer.
Not according to this:
While the SBC is standing its ground, the Red Cross says water is water and they're now handing out the supplies.
I like beer and drink plenty of beer, I would want beer in the can they handed out to me.
There was water in the cans, but anyone who says that A Busch is not identified with beer is just lying.
Lots of them baptists dont like beer companys and they have always made that clear, its nothing new or shocking (did ya hear about WW2).
Now if Busch wants to ship me some of the beer cans with beer in them, my garage has room.
I don't have a problem with the beer or the can with the Beer Company name on it. Drink up, I dont care if a Beer Company wants to advertise their Beer Company, beer tastes good and gives a buzz, its a free country.
I didnt read about people demanding that the water they got to drink had to come in a Beer Can, water is water, aint it.
An appealing thought, but not analogous. The naked pictures ARE the offending product. The proper analogy would be a white can that said "Drinking Water" and bore the Playboy bunny logo (listing the name and logo of the company producing the offending product).
Offending to who?
You already said, water is water, and that means it was not about the can, when it was only about the can. The water wasn't just floating in the air, it was in cans.
Water is water, but, a can aint just a can, that is the real point the south baptists were making, but people lie and say it was only about water, when they know it wasn't. It was about the can.
I demand my water come in cans with Naked Women Pictures on it, from Playboy.
Water is water and people keep saying its just about water, and water is water.
We used to call the technique of changing the focus of the story from what it is to what it aint, fudging. I think we have us some old fudgers on here, accusing some church goers of not giving water, when they did, and not wanting to get involved in pushin a Beer Company, when they already have been saying they was against Beer Companys since before I was born.
I think I will need a more few beers tonight so I can forget how much lying I keep seeing on here.
Offensive to who? I dunno. It's your analogy.
Sure as hell wouldn't offend me if I was asked to hand out water with the Playboy label on the can. Not for a minute.
We'll let the water company send us the water cans and we'll let the beer company send us the beer cans. That way nobody gets mixed up.
I think the beer line would be longer and I'd be at the front of it.
heh heh, me neither, I hope theyre listening.
The good people at Coors Brewing have just what you want, all in the same can.
happy days are here again.
I missed this post of yours earlier.
You called the cans with the naked pictures on them Offending, not me.
I was just asking you who they were offending, since you said they were offending. I don't think they would be offending me, neither does beer cans, so they should be handed out to folks.
Yippee, playboy picture cans of water. Lets gitrdone.
They're still saying that THEIR sacrifice is somehow greater than BUDWEISERS sacrifice because they don't approve of Budweiser. I'm a Christian, and I don't drink, and I think the SBC goes out of it's way to be a little bit holier than thou.
Each one of them reads into it what they want. It's called Your Own Personal Interpretation Of Scripture. YOPIOS.
"Water Provided as a Public Service by Budweiser -- When You Say Budweiser, You've Said It All"
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