Southern Baptists consider the tsunami a 'phenomenal opportunity'

[roguevalley]

www.americablog.org

Southern Baptists called tsunami "a phenomenal opportunity"
by John in DC - 1/10/2005 10:00:11 AM

Well, glad the Southern Baptists are so thrilled that over 150,000 people died a horrible death.

"This is one of the greatest opportunities God has given us to share his love with people," said K.P. Yohannan, president of the Texas-based Gospel for Asia. In an interview, Yohannan said his 14,500 "native missionaries" in India, Sri Lanka, and the Andaman Islands are giving survivors Bibles and booklets about "how to find hope in this time through the word of God."

In Krabi, Thailand, a Southern Baptist church had been "praying for a way to make inroads" with a particular ethnic group of fisherman, according to Southern Baptist relief coordinator Pat Julian. Then came the tsunami, "a phenomenal opportunity" to provide ministry and care, Julian told the Baptist Press news service.

SNIP

In Andhra Pradesh, India, a plan is developing to build "Christian communities" to replace destroyed seashore villages. In a dispatch that the evangelical group Focus on the Family posted on its Family.org Web site, James Rebbavarapu of India Christian Ministries said a team of U.S. engineers had agreed to help design villages of up to 400 homes each, "with a church building in the center of them."

[dave123williams]

1. Here's the operating principal:

Not sure who said it first, but some see Baptism as the act of holding another's head underwater until they come around to your way of thinking.

[Bluebear]

2. It's a miracle!

I was just posting a similar article in GD!

[roguevalley]

3. SING PRAISE HALLELUJAH!

[babylonsister]

4. Very crafty but appalling.

I have a brother who probably thinks this way; and that's all I have to say about it, other than I find it disgusting that people are taking advantage of peoples' troubles to this extent.

[malmapus]

5. Why am I not surprised

Southern Baptists exploiting a tragedy

[bluestateguy]

6. The American Southern Baptists are a very evil, wicked organization

And very violent too.

[Kurovski]

7. Whether it's religion or politics

the extremist right wing always descends upon fear and misfortune like a buzzard on carrion.

[Spinzonner]

8. Let Noah catastrophe go unexploited

[vpigrad]

9. Why are those idiots...

allowed to say those type of things without ending-up in jail. Other countries have much more reasonable free speech laws.

[saltpoint]

10. I'll bring the devilled eggs.

[Zenlitened]

11. Kick.

Any comment from the apologists for today's dominant religious forces?

[Ronnie]

12. Not me.

I was raised a Southern Baptist and I've been in recovery for forty years. It's a painful process.

[PurityOfEssence]

13. Kiss Jesus' ass, or STARVE

Just make sure they know where that food comes from. Oh, and just because Indonesians are Muslims, it's no sin to have them choose between helping their children blaspheme or letting them die.

Gotta convert, gotta convert, gotta get more scalps for the Sky Daddy, then he'll really love me. I'm not insignificant! Please don't let me burn!