Mercy, mercy: Nine in 10 of the most active churchgoers say being caring compassionate, merciful and cooperative is an important part of who they are; two-thirds of non-attenders attach the same importance to those characteristics.
And [I ask them]: are you telling me that the god you believe in, who you say is an all-merciful god, who cares for each and every one of us individually, are you saying that God created this worm that can live in no other way than in an innocent child's eyeball?
But the research indicates that believers who work cooperatively with a divinity they perceive as loving and merciful, in congregations where members care for one another with compassion and understanding, have powerful resources to prevent or recover from alcohol abuse.
The more resilient we are, the more likely we are to be merciful and give a person we care about another chance, setting aside outrage as an excuse to stay stuck in being hurt ourselves.
The European experience offers plenty of cautionary tales — from the spread of less-than-voluntary euthanasia in the suicide-accepting Netherlands, to the recent controversy over Great Britain's "Liverpool Care Pathway," whose supposedly-merciful approach to dying patients may involve withdrawing care before their death is actually certain.
I am a lot wiser, a lot [more] patient, a lot [more] knowledgeable, a lot [more] merciful, a lot [more] loving and caring, a lot [more] helpful.
House Republicans' current efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act are more malicious than merciful, says one Democratic lawmaker. .
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy".
The two most efficient, merciful, and politically unchallengeable components of the American health-care system — Medicare and the Veterans Administration — closely resemble what the French and the British, respectively, provide to all their citizens.
