I have been reading about the late, great Mother Teresa lately.
I agree she wasn't as "saintly" as she appeared. She apparently believed that pain, suffering and poverty were "good for the soul" and that those who were in third world poverty were "privileged" to be poor. She seemed to believe in assuaging poverty (by providing crusts of bread, bowls of soup and a nice shack to die in), but not in actually curing it, something she could have done if she so wished with her millions of dollars in the Vatican bank.
It is funny though that so few people are really aware of what Mother Teresa's true mission was. Really only confirmed atheists/agnostics seem to be aware of it.
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The vast majority of the world of whatever religion or irreligion just beleive Mother Teresa was a saint who cared deeply about the poor, and think nothing more of her. Christopher Hitchens expose on her may have truly been the most radical, substantial contributation he made to the world of human knowledge.
No one, whether religious or secular seemed to have anyhthing to gain from exposing her. Neither did Hitch, he just thought it was right to do.
It is in my opinion though that orthodox Catholics will cling to and defend her to the bitter end, far more than their other modern (shit covered) treasure, Pope John Paul II
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I believe it is because of her celebrity/saint status (not a bad status for a resume!) and her universal love, make it thus.
I agree she wasn't as "saintly" as she appeared. She apparently believed that pain, suffering and poverty were "good for the soul" and that those who were in third world poverty were "privileged" to be poor. She seemed to believe in assuaging poverty (by providing crusts of bread, bowls of soup and a nice shack to die in), but not in actually curing it, something she could have done if she so wished with her millions of dollars in the Vatican bank.
It is funny though that so few people are really aware of what Mother Teresa's true mission was. Really only confirmed atheists/agnostics seem to be aware of it.
.The vast majority of the world of whatever religion or irreligion just beleive Mother Teresa was a saint who cared deeply about the poor, and think nothing more of her. Christopher Hitchens expose on her may have truly been the most radical, substantial contributation he made to the world of human knowledge.
No one, whether religious or secular seemed to have anyhthing to gain from exposing her. Neither did Hitch, he just thought it was right to do.
It is in my opinion though that orthodox Catholics will cling to and defend her to the bitter end, far more than their other modern (shit covered) treasure, Pope John Paul II
.I believe it is because of her celebrity/saint status (not a bad status for a resume!) and her universal love, make it thus.
