Comments on: Mercy Ministries – Honest at last ? http://seantheblogonaut.com/2009/08/mercy-ministries-honest-at-last/ Advocate for Science, Reason and Atheism Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:35:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: David Mercer http://seantheblogonaut.com/2009/08/mercy-ministries-honest-at-last/comment-page-1/#comment-23792 David Mercer Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:10:17 +0000 http://seantheblogonaut.com/?p=3021#comment-23792 Who can provide the love of Jesus and connect with community? Not many places do that. In the love incarnate in Jesus, despite the world's sufferings and evils, we honour the deep connections within our human family and seek to awaken a new spirit of community, by working for: * Abatement of hunger and poverty, and enactment of policies benefiting the most vulnerable. * High quality public education for all and universal, affordable and accessible healthcare. * An effective program of social security during sickness, disability and old age. * Tax and budget policies that reduce disparities between rich and poor, strengthen democracy and provide greater opportunity for everyone within the common good. * Just immigration policies that protect family unity, safeguard workers' rights, require employer accountability and foster international cooperation. * Sustainable communities marked by affordable housing, access to good jobs and public safety. * Public service as a high vocation, with real limits on the power of private interests in politics. In hope sustained by the Holy Spirit, we pledge to be peacemakers in the world and stewards of God's good creation, by working for: * Adoption of simpler lifestyles for those who have enough; grace over greed in economic life. * Access for all to clean air and water and healthy food, through wise care of land and technology. * Sustainable use of earth's resources, promoting alternative energy sources and public transportation with binding covenants to reduce global warming and protect populations most affected. * Equitable global trade and aid that protects local economies, cultures and livelihoods. * Peacemaking through multilateral diplomacy rather than unilateral force, the abolition of torture and a strengthening of the United Nations and the rule of international law. * Nuclear disarmament and redirection of military spending to more peaceful and productive uses. * Cooperation and dialogue for peace and environmental justice among the world's religions. Who can provide the love of Jesus and connect with community? Not many places do that.
In the love incarnate in Jesus, despite the world's sufferings and evils, we honour the deep connections within our human family and seek to awaken a new spirit of community, by working for: * Abatement of hunger and poverty, and enactment of policies benefiting the most vulnerable. * High quality public education for all and universal, affordable and accessible healthcare. * An effective program of social security during sickness, disability and old age. * Tax and budget policies that reduce disparities between rich and poor, strengthen democracy and provide greater opportunity for everyone within the common good. * Just immigration policies that protect family unity, safeguard workers' rights, require employer accountability and foster international cooperation. * Sustainable communities marked by affordable housing, access to good jobs and public safety. * Public service as a high vocation, with real limits on the power of private interests in politics. In hope sustained by the Holy Spirit, we pledge to be peacemakers in the world and stewards of God's good creation, by working for: * Adoption of simpler lifestyles for those who have enough; grace over greed in economic life. * Access for all to clean air and water and healthy food, through wise care of land and technology. * Sustainable use of earth's resources, promoting alternative energy sources and public transportation with binding covenants to reduce global warming and protect populations most affected. * Equitable global trade and aid that protects local economies, cultures and livelihoods. * Peacemaking through multilateral diplomacy rather than unilateral force, the abolition of torture and a strengthening of the United Nations and the rule of international law. * Nuclear disarmament and redirection of military spending to more peaceful and productive uses. * Cooperation and dialogue for peace and environmental justice among the world's religions.

]]> By: SeandBlogonaut http://seantheblogonaut.com/2009/08/mercy-ministries-honest-at-last/comment-page-1/#comment-23301 SeandBlogonaut Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:16:42 +0000 http://seantheblogonaut.com/?p=3021#comment-23301 I have their previous treatment manual Restoring the Foundations which they stopped using last year (why they would do this when it has a claimed success rate of 95%?) It can only be described as an evil and insidious brainwashing text, other Christians I have shown it to have been horrified. So in short Mercy is really a recovery and recruitment centre for susceptible young women I have their previous treatment manual Restoring the Foundations which they stopped using last year (why they would do this when it has a claimed success rate of 95%?) It can only be described as an evil and insidious brainwashing text, other Christians I have shown it to have been horrified.

So in short Mercy is really a recovery and recruitment centre for susceptible young women

]]> By: AngieJackson http://seantheblogonaut.com/2009/08/mercy-ministries-honest-at-last/comment-page-1/#comment-23297 AngieJackson Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:07:47 +0000 http://seantheblogonaut.com/?p=3021#comment-23297 So many of the issues they describe - which are quite common for women - are related to past emotional trauma and self-issue issues. How on earth is a non-professional supposed to help someone constructively work through past trauma? And since religion is pretty much self-esteem destroying (give up your own life for the deity's, your personality, your money, your will, desires, and sexuality) this doesn't look good. What help can they possibly be providing? The average life expectancy for a woman with anorexia is 25 years less. This isn't something to just screw around with. People need real help, not "hope". And soon. <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18612251" target="_blank">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18612251</a> So many of the issues they describe – which are quite common for women – are related to past emotional trauma and self-issue issues. How on earth is a non-professional supposed to help someone constructively work through past trauma? And since religion is pretty much self-esteem destroying (give up your own life for the deity's, your personality, your money, your will, desires, and sexuality) this doesn't look good.

What help can they possibly be providing?

The average life expectancy for a woman with anorexia is 25 years less. This isn't something to just screw around with. People need real help, not "hope". And soon.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18612251

]]> By: Adrian Hayter http://seantheblogonaut.com/2009/08/mercy-ministries-honest-at-last/comment-page-1/#comment-23295 Adrian Hayter Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:31:09 +0000 http://seantheblogonaut.com/?p=3021#comment-23295 You've been tagged in the <a href="http:\/\/atheistblogger.com\/2009\/08\/14\/the-atheist-alphabet-meme\/" target="_blank">Atheist Alphabet Meme</a>! You've been tagged in the Atheist Alphabet Meme!

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