The Mormon church is accused of 'insensitive scaremongering' after using a 'disgusting' banner featuring the Manchester terror attack to advertise their services
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A Mormon church which used an image of the Manchester Arena terror attack to advertise services has taken down a huge banner after a 'disgusted' survivor complained.
Advertising outside The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Wythenshawe, south Manchester, featured a photograph showing armed police and paramedics in the aftermath of last May's bomb.
Alongside the image were the words: 'Are you prepared for possible disasters?' Come on Saturday Jan 27 11am to 1pm to see if we can help you', and featured an I Love Manchester logo.
It seems somebody wasn’t listening during a recent conference talk.
Fear as Manipulation
Historically, fear has often been used as a means to get people to take action. Parents have used it with their children, employers with employees, and politicians with voters.
Experts in marketing understand the power of fear and often employ it. This is why some advertisements seem to carry the implicit message that if we fail to buy their breakfast cereal or miss out on the newest video game or cell phone, we run the risk of living a miserable life, dying alone and unhappy.
We smile at this and think we would never fall for such manipulation, but we sometimes do. Worse, we sometimes use similar methods to get others to do what we want.
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One of the ways Satan wants us to manipulate others is by dwelling upon and even exaggerating the evil in the world.
Certainly our world has always been, and will continue to be, imperfect. Far too many innocent people suffer because of circumstances of nature as well as from man’s inhumanity. The corruption and wickedness in our day are unique and alarming.
But in spite of all this, I wouldn’t trade living in this time with any other time in the history of the world. We are blessed beyond measure to live in a day of unparalleled prosperity, enlightenment, and advantage. Most of all, we are blessed to have the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ, which gives us a unique perspective on the world’s dangers and shows us how to either avoid these dangers or deal with them.
When I think of these blessings, I want to fall to my knees and offer praises to our Heavenly Father for His never-ending love for all of His children.
I don’t believe God wants His children to be fearful or dwell on the evils of the world. “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”10
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22 people died in the Manchester Bombing, their deaths are not a marketing opportunity for the Mormon Church. The spokesperson for the Church who responded has fallen well short of offering the type of unequivocal apology those 22 people and their families merit for this abuse of their tragedy.
A spokesman for the church said: 'The imagery used on the banner did not portray what the event is actually intended to be, and was a misunderstanding.
'It certainly was not our intention to upset anyone and the banner was taken down as soon as we heard that it might have caused upset.
'In line with our desire to follow Christ's example and seek to help people in taking care of themselves and others, the event is designed as an aid to be more self-reliant and prepared to face life's challenges.'