Posted on 12/19/2006 9:50:31 AM PST by Alex Murphy
WASHINGTON A growing number of religious groups are taking a stand against the bottling of water, stating the practice is immoral because water is a God-given resource that should not be packaged and sold, the Chicago Tribune reported recently in an article analyzing the trend.
Cassandra Carmichael, director of eco-justice programs for the National Council of Churches, said in the story that privatization takes away water from those who cannot afford it and added that water "should be free for all."
In October, the National Coalition of American Nuns, a group representing 1,200 Roman Catholic nuns in the US, adopted a resolution asking members to refrain from purchasing bottled water unless necessary, the report noted.
Meanwhile, Presbyterians for Restoring Creation, a grassroots coalition within the US Presbyterian Church, launched a campaign last spring urging individuals to sign a pledge against drinking bottled water and to take the message to their churches, according to the article.
Stephen Kay, spokesman for the International Bottled Water Association, said bottled water is a minimal user of groundwater compared to the hundreds of other products that draw water, adding that campaigns against bottled water will not lead to long-term solutions in impoverished areas, according to the article.
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Well, that tells me all I need to know about these folks.
So are amoeba and bacteria. Filtering those out costs money.
Every week it is some new Leftist cause. I'm getting sick of it all.
It's a good thing I became a Christian on the basis of Christ's work, rather than because of some Christians' "work."
If our creator hadn't intended man to drink bottled water, he wouldn't have created polyethylene terephthalate.
Good Lord, now they're cloning water!
ITEOTWAWKI ping.
I'm sure Rick Warren supports this cause.
I'm glad I left that church [PC(USA)] years ago.
No!.....Say it ain't so.....
Of course Baptists are against bottled beer.
Well I thank you for your compliments! I actually feel smart for a change!
The ironic thing is I am usually way too...verbose. I have a hard time NOT writing 20 sentences on 1 post, e.g. Check out other posts I've made; most are "huge"! LOL
Any wonder the mainstream Christian churches are collapsing?
might not be free, but it is darn handy to have in an earthquake, or when you are driving, or walking around.
The water is free but so are the germs and impurities.
I don't know that that's true (certainly not the "[intentionally] designed to deteriorate").
What is true is that plastics outgas. Doesn't matter if you open it or not. Eventually the item ALREADY in the container will get "plasticized", if you will. It will probably taste funny although fat chance it'll do much to you unless it's really "well done".
Putting new items in may start the process over again, not necessarily "poison" the items right away.
lol, they used to drink out of glasses.
Heck, they even tell the ILLEGALS not to drink the water there.
In October, the National Coalition of American Nuns, a group representing 1,200 Roman Catholic nuns in the US, adopted a resolution asking members to refrain from purchasing bottled water unless necessary, the report noted.
Dang I was hoping the Catholic Church would not involve themselves in this. I love my religion but sometimes they go off the deep end sometimes.
You are smart.
And I never mind a long comment that's substantive and well-written. Most days I'd consider myself lucky to find one.
Wishing you the very best.
CL.
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