[Episcopal] Bishops: Don't go near the (bottled) water
Joel Connelly
May 4, 2009
Episcopal bishops from the West have defined a new secular commandment: Stay away from bottled water, and don't bring it into the church's upcoming General Convention in Anaheim, Calif.
"We urge you to encourage delegates not to buy bottled water, but instead to bring metal or ceramic water bottles that can be refilled with tap water," said a letter signed by 12 bishops from six Western states.
The two diocesan bishops in this state, the Rt. Rev. Greg Rickel in the Diocese of Olympia and the Rt. Rev. James Waggoner in the Diocese of Spokane, signed the letter. So did a pair of other Washington-based bishops serving temporary duty in Oregon dioceses, Bishops Nedi Rivera and Sandy Hampton.
The thumbs-down on bottled water was contained in a passionate, quite political and politically correct post-Easter message on global warming and a needed response by the faithful.
"We urge you to vote for political candidates who will help our country make a swift transition to clean, safe and renewable energy," the bishops wrote. the rest
posted by Pat Dague @ 3:43 PM
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2 Comments:
Oh definately, though the chief mucky-mucks will no doubt fill their water bottles, with bottled water, as a good many California communities are now being served "purified" grey and waste water. It's all about appearances, after all.
When you have no theology, something must fill the vacuum. Why not the criticism of water bottles? Unless a natural disaster happensbetween now and then, there might otherwise be nothing for the convention to do-- apart from the authorization of lawsuits against more parishes and dioceses.
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