Church gives away bottles of cold water on hot day (quote, pastor)
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On a 97 degree day last July, a small town in rural Nebraska (45 people) held a celebration that gets held every 4 years. On that day over 5000 people came to town, lining up to go on a tour of 3 different sites in the area where some historical reenactments were being done.
As cars were lining up to go on tour, the pastor and 5 other people walked down the rows of cars handing out ice cold bottles of water. They also freely gave them away to anyone walking past the area.
No money was asked for, none accepted. In total, they gave away approximately 900 bottles of water, and had a few hundred left that they'd have gladly given away if needed.
On a 97 degree day last July, a small town in rural Nebraska (45 people) held a celebration that gets held every 4 years. On that day over 5000 people came to town, lining up to go on a tour of 3 different sites in the area where some historical reenactments were being done.
As cars were lining up to go on tour, the pastor and 5 other people walked down the rows of cars handing out ice cold bottles of water. They also freely gave them away to anyone walking past the area.
No money was asked for, none accepted. In total, they gave away approximately 900 bottles of water, and had a few hundred left that they'd have gladly given away if needed.
That was nice of you and the other five people to do that.
The one question I do have for you Vizio, do you think you would have or could of done the same thing if you did not believe in a god?
Today's 'deed du jour" has a catch. Would Vizio have doled out the water, if he were unable to slap the name of his church on the label of each water bottle, thereby taking credit for the good deed? Vizio's good deed was an ad campaign for his church.
Today's 'deed du jour" has a catch. Would Vizio have doled out the water, if he were unable to slap the name of his church on the label of each water bottle, thereby taking credit for the good deed? Vizio's good deed was an ad campaign for his church.
yes. The church was happy to give out the water. There were a lot of out of towners. Many people would never come back to the town to go to church, as they lived hours away. This was a big event where more people were in this little town that day than lived in the county. There was not a single person that visited the church the next weekend as a direct result.
So, really....please stop assigning motive when you simply don't have a clue.
Today's 'deed du jour" has a catch. Would Vizio have doled out the water, if he were unable to slap the name of his church on the label of each water bottle, thereby taking credit for the good deed? Vizio's good deed was an ad campaign for his church.
I don't see where the bottles had a label on them. Maybe they did, and maybe they didn't. If they did, I wouldn't have an issue with it.
Sometimes people just feel good, doing good. I won't read more than that into it unless there's evidence that I should. Evidence-based reasoning cuts both ways. It doesn't allow me to assume ulterior motives to people even (in fact especially) if I largely don't agree with them, absent actual evidence.*
Actually the more direct and likely knock-on effect was to make the experience more pleasant and people more likely to return for the next event. Given the obvious economic impact on the area, that was in their rational self-interest, as church members and non-members alike probably had direct and indirect financial stakes in the success of the event. But here again, I don't and can't know the inner motivations of total strangers.
* Of course this is but an un-cited anecdote to begin with, so I am granting for the sake of argument that the anecdote represents reality.
I don't see where the bottles had a label on them. Maybe they did, and maybe they didn't. If they did, I wouldn't have an issue with it.
Sometimes people just feel good, doing good. I won't read more than that into it unless there's evidence that I should. Evidence-based reasoning cuts both ways. It doesn't allow me to assume ulterior motives to people even (in fact especially) if I largely don't agree with them, absent actual evidence.*
Actually the more direct and likely knock-on effect was to make the experience more pleasant and people more likely to return for the next event. Given the obvious economic impact on the area, that was in their rational self-interest, as church members and non-members alike probably had direct and indirect financial stakes in the success of the event. But here again, I don't and can't know the inner motivations of total strangers.
* Of course this is but an un-cited anecdote to begin with, so I am granting for the sake of argument that the anecdote represents reality.
This isn't the first time Vizio has told this story. In an earlier thread Vizio mentioned that the name of his church was on each water bottle label.
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