Maybe he’s peeing.
Linden, CA – A local entrepreneur hopes his company’s bottled water will refresh – perhaps even redeem – those who drink it.
Wayne Enterprises is distributing Holy Drinking Water – a half-liter of reverse-osmosis purified water bottled by a Stockton company and blessed by clergy. So far, the blessings have come from Catholic and Anglican priests, but the plan is for clergy from any faith that honors holy water to offer blessings.
The Rev. Mark Smith stood in a Linden self-storage facility Feb. 21, made the sign of the cross, thanked God for the gift of water, asked that the bottled water benefit those who consume it and then blessed the 200 cases of water waiting to be shipped.
Since January, Germann has sold about 3,000 bottles of the water to individuals, with another 1,752 bottles purchased to be donated to troops in Iraq.
The True Believers, the followers who never check up on their leaders — deserve this hustle. There’s probably a waiting list of clergy who want to get in on the action.
It’s just Kosher for Christians…
It’s not an original idea/scam. [edit: pls use tinyurl]
Perhaps it’s a little hasty of me to type “scam”–there’s no indication of what this guy is charging. The stuff Madonna drinks is obscenely expensive. I suppose rock stars have to waste their money somehow. I’d guess real musicians in orchestras and suchlike drink what comes out of the tap. Skills that take talent, years of learning, and hours of practice a day don’t necessarily rake the money in.
[gollem voice] “It Burns me!”
so?
#1 no
someone had an idea, they are going to make money. If only I’d thought of the pet rock first.
4,
What do you mean no?
Is everyone confident the dude in the photo isn’t peeing on the pallets?
#5 I mean, no, your statement #1 is incorrect.
Kosher is more than a blessing, it means the food meets certain standards of content and preparation. “Holy Water” is not regulated by such standards, and is not widely practiced in non-catholic/anglican churches; so it is neither ‘Kosher’ nor ‘Christian’. The two are different in nearly every regard, similar only in that a clergy’s blessing is involved, and different there, even in that the nature of the blessing differs. Further, Christians don’t care if their water is ‘holy’ for consumption in the same way that practicing jews care if their food is kosher.
#7 — Who gives a flying fsck?
7,
Yes yes… Sarcastic comments are allowed here. I know what Kosher is, and sometimes it’s make work project for Rabbi’s.
They’ve been doing this in Russia for years. One of the top selling brands of bottled water is “Holy Spring.” It says on the back that the water comes from a spring blessed by his Holiness Alexei the second, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, basically their pope. They don’t even purify it. It was blessed, it doesn’t need purification.
Like I have said before, the only good thing sbout religion is the fact that it is not trademarked and copyrighted. Anyone can make money off it.
Should the military accept this water? They didn’t take the talking jesus doll a few months back.
#8, #9 … he asked.
but what I really want to know is why this should matter… if the guy is just praying over it, why couldn’t anyone just pray over any water? what’s the use in paying someone else to do it for you?
13,
By your logic, why do you need a Rabbi for Kosher or a Mullah for Halal?
Actually, nevermind. Religion and logic cannot exist in the same sentence.
#14 don’t be mean. The Rabbi is there to make sure the rules are followed. There is a function, and a logic to it.
I never thought of selling either blessed water or blessed oil. In the first century these were the medicine that was available — and they worked.
Even today, black Christians put a premium on these things, because it wasn’t so long ago that as slaves, these were the only medicine available. Their culture remembers.
The white Christians are usually clueless unless they have lived in third world countries.
I buy olive oil and bottled water from the grocery store. Three of us gifted prayer ministers pray blessing upon them. Then I bottle them up and give them away. Healings happen. Voodooists can’t cross it. Spontaneous deliverances happen. And I’m a protestant layman!
With this new market, will they continue to sell Indulgences?
15,
Well, so is the priest. You asked why someone special is needed so I just extrapolated the scenario. Anyone can check the lettuce for bugs, that work is not done on the sabbath and that the meat has no veins and was killed / handled properly. So, why a Rabbi? Why a priest and why a Mullah?
Answer… tradition. Nothing more.
#16,
Spontaneous deliverances happen. And I’m a protestant layman!
You are down a quart. Or 23 cents shy of a quarter. A few bricks from a full load. Not all there, … There is no such thing as Spontaneous deliverances . There are scams, hallucinations, con jobs, the power of suggestion, and the like, but no such thing as Spontaneous deliverances . Except in fiction.
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And the Minister is not peeing on the pallets. He is filling bottles.
19 – I’m not going to ask with what.