Mercy Ministries and Gloria Jeans are tighter than a [insert culturally relevant dirty joke here]. They are partners in Born to Fly a fundraising effort to boost Mercy's income and a schools program.
I whole heartedly support educating youth and young women in particular on positive body image what has me very concerned is that Mercy are both soliciting funds and converts and like all good religious groups are targeting those less likely to be critical of them and school system that is chronically under-funded.
You can check out the Schools program here
I have a couple of concerns
It is a free initiative that is being piloted for the first time.
Is it really free? Hold on to your youth allowance kiddies.
The Born to Fly Schools Program gives participating schools access to psychologists who present informally and in an entertaining style to both young women and men.
Is this the same access to psychologists that Mercy supplies, because Mercy only has one. I'll expect Bec Loundar to be very busy, how is she going to manage this on top of her own caseload. I suppose they could trot out their unqualified counsellors?
Mercy Ministries relies on fundraising and its financial partners to keep its program open and free. By hosting a Born to Fly fundraising day at your school, you can help mend broken wings and transform the life of a young woman in need.
So they are still claiming it to be a free service when it is not. Maybe someone should pass this on to the ACCC?
And then finally we have Bec on body image.
Interestingly she says:
Well, for the last 12 years, I’ve been supporting young women learning how to deal with a range of issues relating to their self image. Plus, I’ve also practiced as a psychologist for the previous eight years which means I’ve spent a lot of time supporting people.
A survey of the complainants I am in contact with indicates that none of them saw a psychologist, none of them were counselled by Bec Loundar, none of them were allowed to contact their previous counsellors or psychologists while in Mercy.
The bile rises in my throat when Bec talks about positive body image and being comfortable about who you are deep down when Mercy push an anti gay agenda.
I wonder how many Lesbians have left Mercy feeling comfortable about themselves deep down.
Not to mention the position of women in conservative Christian organisations, how can you have a positive self image when men are the be all and end all, when women are not placed or viewed on an equal footing where the acceptable or preferred relationship is that husband and wife.
On this subject Bec leaves us this Gem
If you spent as much time as I do talking to young men, you would know that what they want most in a friend is that she is happy and comfortable with herself.That’s a positive self image.
All about pleasing us blokes again hey?
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In the Nashville home, while I was there, a speaker came who had created a hierarchy with God at the top, man on the second level, and then his wife, below that, was on level with his PETS, and that he should care for them equally. I actually raised my hand and spoke up about how ridiculous that was, but none of our classes actually allowed for discussion or debate, of course.
Bec Loundar is SUPPORTING Mercy's agenda, so from a medical opinion, she's behaving unethically. She should have her license REVOKED.
I thought this link was interesting...
http://www.ranzcp.org/publicarea/aboutpsy.asp
Can't Bec Lounder be reported here:
http://www.aihw.gov.au/dataonline.cfm
Anon,
Equating women with animals is reprehensible- his poor wife.
bloody hell they are moving into the schools now!
oh- and as a Psychologist Beth whotsername is NOT a medical person- people often get mixed up about that- but as a clinical psychologist she should be a registered member of whatever you have in Oz to regulate psychologists' practices and ensure people get the real thing. If she never sees any clients then she shouldn't be able to keep up her registration :)
How are these poeple being let into schools to sout this crap at kids? are parents being warned- should an information campaign be started to inform parents of what their kids are going to hear? If it was my children I would be yelling at the headmaster/mistress by now
Religion tends to keep a fairly low profile in state schools here. It flies under the radar a lot because the fundamentalists don't tend to advertise strongly what they do and it's partly to do with Australians being so laid back.
I have also been noticing recently the fact that most christians think all christians to be the same as them - what ever happened to Protestant catholic rivalry?
Oh, good grief!!! The baloney about Bec Loundar makes me want to
hurl!!! Somebody needs to ask her
where SHE rate the wonderful "men"
that molest & rape women & children. Should THOSE be noted
somewhere in the hierarchy charts?
If SHE had spent as much time in the REAL world as she purports to have spent in "counseling", she'd get the hell as far away from that
"religion cures everything" _rap
she's touting.
When is Mercy/Hillsong/anyone affiliated "tentacle" going to ask
some of the past RESIDENTS how they
themselves think they were treated??? Oh, I forgot- probably never, cause that would be getting "real".
STAMP RANT!!!
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