Thomas Nelson Bible Controversy

I wrote a long entry about the Thomas Nelson Hurricane Katrina Bible distribution controversy, but it got lost.

So, just refer to the following:

• Michael Hyatt, "Thomas Nelson's Disaster Relief Efforts" (be sure to read the comments!)


• The Sheep's Crib, "The Bible - The Book People Love To Hate"


• Bob Krumm, "Why Such Hatred?"


• Jim Thomason, "Impressed by Samaritan's Purse"

And bear in mind that Steve Bellamy, Dick Moffat, and the like are criticizing Thomas Nelson for donating their products to the victims. Are they exhibiting similar moral outrage at the sleazy companies listed below, trying to promote themselves by donating their own products?

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Pharmaceutical companies rounded up much-needed medicine, water suppliers loaded trucks with thirst-quenching cargo and companies from petroleum giants to beer makers have pitched in millions in cash and products to help communities battered by Hurricane Katrina....

Wal-Mart committed to $15 million in donations to jump-start the fundraising efforts headed by former Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton. As part of the plan, the nation's largest retailer will establish mini-Wal-Mart stores in hurricane-ravaged areas, and will provide free items — clothing, diapers, baby wipes, food, formula, toothbrushes, bedding and water — to those who demonstrate need....

Nissan North America sent 50 trucks. Anheuser-Busch offered more than 825,000 cans of water. Sprint Nextel Corp. donated 3,000 walkie talkie-type phones for emergency personnel.

Seven truckloads of crackers and cookies were on the way thanks to Kellogg Co. Two dozen cars and trucks were offered by General Motors Corp....Culligan International sent five truckloads of water....

In Indianapolis, drug maker Eli Lilly & Co. prepared to send 40,000 vials of refrigerated insulin to patients in the Southeast....

Drug maker Wyeth of Madison, N.J., planned to donate antibiotics and nonprescription pain relievers, health care giant Johnson & Johnson provided $250,000 worth of kits containing toothbrushes, soap and shampoo, as well as pallets of pain relievers and wound care supplies. Drug maker Merck & Co. planned to send antibiotics and hepatitis A vaccines to protect those facing contaminated waters.

Illinois-based pharmaceutical company Abbott Laboratories Inc. is giving...$2 million in nutritional and medical products....

Qwest Communications International Inc. will send 2,000 long-distance calling cards so those affected could call loved ones....

Office Depot...[o]fficials announced Wednesday the company also would give the contents of its five New Orleans stores, valued at $4 million, to New Orleans officials to use as they recover from Hurricane Katrina....

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From the Ontario Empoblog