I’ve just received a review copy of The Missionary Myth, by Vivian Palmer Harvey, and will read it over the next several days. Ms. Harper is the child of missionaries, and attended the Mamou boarding school that is the subject of All God’s Children.
On first impression, it is a frank and thoughtful account of her experiences there. Like so many other missionary children, she is adamant that the abuse they experienced is a direct consequence of Christian teachings.
My experience reflects the mission attitude of Save the Lost at any Cost. This premise is rotten throughout and leads to the abuse of children.
And,
How in God’s name could anyone deliberately send away the vulnerable, tender-hearted children with the words, “God loves you. He will never forsake you, but we have to because he told us we have to.”?
This is what you get when people hear from infancy that Abraham was a great man because he betrayed his family on command.
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