Dispensing with any restraint,
They’re making Teresa a saint,
And those casting a stone,
Should leave her alone,
She was perfect and free from all taint.
Her (mean spirited thinking) was that those who suffer are closer to god because of their suffering. She took terminal patients in and refused them pain medication for the same reason. What a heartless bitch.
dav
and now a saint, religion truly is the source of most of the worlds problems
John
Can you give us the source for that comment, please?
Are you aware that Hitch and Mother Teresa had some things in common (both were anti-abortion) and are there any footnotes in his book on the famous nun? Was he present all those years 24/7 in the slums of Calcutta witnessing her work? As for the ‘academics; be skeptical’: academia hates Christianity.
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He was himself yes but also defended abortion laws in the US and took the p*** out of those teaching abstinence or that contraception is abortion, like she did.
You don’t need to be an academic to dislike the lies that the church teaches
Well said. Very few people seem to actually be aware of this. The saintly propaganda surronding her is truly baffling.
ceo
Wow. Flashback to the scariest, most horrific horror move I ever saw; Martyrs. She was surely an inspiration. Or at least that line of thought was.
Old Bawn
Truly a black-hearted, venomous old bat. And they’re making her a saint – FFS, do these lads do any basic research before canonizing someone? I read somewhere that she didn’t even believe in God as she got older, but apparently to “struggle with your faith” makes you even more pious. You couldn’t make it up (although they have)…
newsjustin
One would think, judging from some of the criticism, she gets that she was preventing other people from providing care for poor, sick people.
She was of her time, a believer in charity rather than development. That’s a big failing, viewed in retrospect.
I distrust many critics of her who tend to round off their case against her with the most damn in criticism they can muster – that she was a devout catholic who was against abortion, contraception and divorce. They can never forgive her those things.
meadowlark
That’s an interesting point newsjustin. I had never heard any of these criticisms until today. It seems that some are correct, but I think that you might be right in that we are holding her to morals that simply were not widespread at the time, as opposed to now. Hindsight is a funny thing, really.
Whether or not she deserves a sainthood is debatable, imo.
realPolithicks
She died in 1997, you make it sound like it was the 1800’s. She wasn’t a product of her times, she was a product of the institution she served, the catholic church…which has been shown to be as morally bankrupt as she was.
newsjustin
She grew up in the 30s and 40s and started work in the 50s and 60s. A very different time re the church, development theory, and lots else.
Contrast this with the post Vatican 2 type of missionary activity, far more focused on development rather than conversion. Pre V2 there was lots of schooling and nursing, but with little vision for broader human and social development.
…will they appropriate mothers day
a woman who reveled in the suffering of the poor
Her (mean spirited thinking) was that those who suffer are closer to god because of their suffering. She took terminal patients in and refused them pain medication for the same reason. What a heartless bitch.
and now a saint, religion truly is the source of most of the worlds problems
Can you give us the source for that comment, please?
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/iv-drip/academics-suggest-hitch-called-it-right-on-mother-teresa-8521363.html
Are you aware that Hitch and Mother Teresa had some things in common (both were anti-abortion) and are there any footnotes in his book on the famous nun? Was he present all those years 24/7 in the slums of Calcutta witnessing her work? As for the ‘academics; be skeptical’: academia hates Christianity.
He was himself yes but also defended abortion laws in the US and took the p*** out of those teaching abstinence or that contraception is abortion, like she did.
You don’t need to be an academic to dislike the lies that the church teaches
http://youtu.be/65JxnUW7Wk4
Well said. Very few people seem to actually be aware of this. The saintly propaganda surronding her is truly baffling.
Wow. Flashback to the scariest, most horrific horror move I ever saw; Martyrs. She was surely an inspiration. Or at least that line of thought was.
Truly a black-hearted, venomous old bat. And they’re making her a saint – FFS, do these lads do any basic research before canonizing someone? I read somewhere that she didn’t even believe in God as she got older, but apparently to “struggle with your faith” makes you even more pious. You couldn’t make it up (although they have)…
One would think, judging from some of the criticism, she gets that she was preventing other people from providing care for poor, sick people.
She was of her time, a believer in charity rather than development. That’s a big failing, viewed in retrospect.
I distrust many critics of her who tend to round off their case against her with the most damn in criticism they can muster – that she was a devout catholic who was against abortion, contraception and divorce. They can never forgive her those things.
That’s an interesting point newsjustin. I had never heard any of these criticisms until today. It seems that some are correct, but I think that you might be right in that we are holding her to morals that simply were not widespread at the time, as opposed to now. Hindsight is a funny thing, really.
Whether or not she deserves a sainthood is debatable, imo.
She died in 1997, you make it sound like it was the 1800’s. She wasn’t a product of her times, she was a product of the institution she served, the catholic church…which has been shown to be as morally bankrupt as she was.
She grew up in the 30s and 40s and started work in the 50s and 60s. A very different time re the church, development theory, and lots else.
Contrast this with the post Vatican 2 type of missionary activity, far more focused on development rather than conversion. Pre V2 there was lots of schooling and nursing, but with little vision for broader human and social development.
Moral relativism FTW!
And we’re always asked to respect religion… even one that beatifies this deluded nutter…
Eh, no.
We need more people like her to sort out the homeless problem around GPO during Pattys Day
#snigger
RACIST!
lol
Not completely unrelated :-)
“Pope Francis has overhauled the Vatican’s multimillion-euro saint-making business, months after two exposés revealed that the cost of beatification – a major step towards becoming a saint – has reached about €500,000 (£400,000)”
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/10/vatican-financial-rules-saint-making-process-beatification-canonisation-catholic