Special Forces and Northern Alliance. Sometimes, events DO result in strange bedfellows.
Why in the blue blazes would the Mormon Church partner itself with a Muslim organization? I do NOT get it.
To help thousands of people who have lost everything they ever had. Maybe that is why. If it wasn't for a bunch of criminals humping sandbags, my wife and I would have lost our home during the great Mississippi flood in the early ‘90’s. Tragedies create strange bedfellows, and I love and appreciate every one of those criminals. They were not forced to help.
It's scriptural...
2 Corinthians 6:14-17
"Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness?"
Our LDS (Mormon)13th Article of Faith states: “We believe in being honest, chaste, benevolent, virtuous,and in doing good to all men ...”.
Obviously, the arrangement with the Red Cresent allowed us to expand our relief opportunities to alleviate the suffering of the People of Haiti. Simple as that.
For those of you who are interested in fault-finding with our church, may I recommend you to the anti-mormon book section at your favorite church/book store, where you will find a pleasing array of half-truths, inuendo, and outright distortions to indulge your wildest imaginations.
Special Forces and Northern Alliance. Sometimes, events DO result in strange bedfellows.