Mother Teresa’s Moment of Truth

No one detests missionaries as much as I do. I hold them in total contempt at every level, individually and as a general group.

Yet 'Mother' Teresa rose above that. One salutes her for she was ultimately a very good person (despite her sainthood) who did very good work as her lifelong mission.

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teshah ji, that is a beautiful statement of bhagwanhood, although uniquely put. :)

Note: I did not read the interacts.

All people of faith have crises of faith. The reason is simple – the practitioners of the faith are human beings.

If you met somebody of faith who knows all the answers and tells you they know all the answers and that they have no doubts at all – you have met a liar!

And if, by the remotest of chances, they are indeed not lying and they really believe what they are saying about not having those crises – run away from such individuals as fast as you can – because you have met sheer evil!

Mother Teresa comes across as a very human individual. Why is that so difficult to see?

PS: Mother Teresa was admired across the world not because of the strength of her faith but because of the goodness of her heart and the acts which resulted from such goodness!

NO need to get upset; Its her own church which is talking about her in a very civilisedlanguage , of course

or are we more christian than Christ?
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Mommie Dearest:The pope beatifies Mother Teresa, a fanatic, a fundamentalist, and a fraud.


"excerpts"...


By Christopher Hitchens
Mother Teresa: No saint
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..." What is so striking about the "beatification" of the woman who styled herself "Mother" Teresa is the abject surrender, on the part of the church, to the forces of showbiz, superstition, and populism."...
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It's the sheer tawdriness that strikes the eye first of all. It used to be that a person could not even be nominated for "beatification," the first step to "sainthood," until five years after his or her death. This was to guard against local or popular enthusiasm in the promotion of dubious characters. The pope nominated MT a year after her death in 1997. It also used to be that an apparatus of inquiry was set in train, including the scrutiny of an advocatus diaboli or "devil's advocate," to test any extraordinary claims. The pope has abolished this office and has created more instant saints than all his predecessors combined as far back as the 16th century.
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A Bengali woman named Monica Besra claims that a beam of light emerged from a picture of MT, which she happened to have in her home, and relieved her of a cancerous tumor. Her physician, Dr. Ranjan Mustafi, says that she didn't have a cancerous tumor in the first place and that the tubercular cyst she did have was cured by a course of prescription medicine. Was he interviewed by the Vatican's investigators? No. (As it happens, I myself was interviewed by them but only in the most perfunctory way. The procedure still does demand a show of consultation with doubters, and a show of consultation was what, in this case, it got.)
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Even more will be poor and sick if her example is followed. She was a fanatic, a fundamentalist, and a fraud, and a church that officially protects those who violate the innocent has given us another clear sign of where it truly stands on moral and ethical questions."

#33 Bhrata Kaal

What is this stuff about "detesting" missionaries?

Missionaries do good social service work. If some of their beneficiaries decide to convert, why does that bother you? Ask yourself the simple question - why don't the Hindus try to improve the same conditions so those folks will remain Hindu?

Do not say that you don't "like" missionaries!

Work harder at it and I am sure you will soon see many advantages in liking a more missionary position!

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Present
Mother Teresa The Final Verdict
By
Aroup Chatterjee downloading book cover picture...
Was Mother Teresa for real, or was she 20th Century's biggest fairy tale ?
Prepare to be disillusioned...
You can read the whole book (text only, without the photos) online Click


Most people who swoon over "Mother Teresa" have never been exposed to anything but the mass media and / or the Catholic press versions of her life. Rarely have they even heard of the scholarly analysis of her life and work done by Aroup Chatterjee, a writer born in Calcutta who briefly worked for one of Mother Teresa's homes, and then spent eight years doing the research which culminated in his 425 page book "The Final Verdict", published in 2002. His is the most comprehensive critical analysis of Mother Teresa's life and work to date.
"Was Mother Teresa for real, " he asks, "or was she the 20th Century's biggest fairy tale? Prepare to be disillusioned . . ."
You can buy the hard copy book, or you can read the whole book (text only, without the photos) online at :
the Meteor Book "The Final Verdict

Teresa was a real cool chick, no doubt... despite her religiosity quirks.

Speaking of religiosity, it matters not what flavor you sample, it's always the same BS.

Check this out from the BBC, for example:

Nepal's state-run airline sacrificed goats to appease a Hindu god, following technical problems with one of its planes.

BBC News Item -- Click here

Welcome to the 21st century

...SR

Well, I couldn't get it to Click so here is the link:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/south_asia/6979292.stm

good point bj...lets us accept whatever her religious conviction ...mother teresa did a lot of good work...and these bloody RSS ,VHP and other Islamic fundoos dont have the moral authority to critisize her

good point bj...lets us accept whatever her religious conviction ...mother teresa did a lot of good work...and these bloody RSS ,VHP and other Islamic fundoos dont have the moral authority to critisize her

SR 39,

Well well, the fact remains that the problems went away for nepal airlines by sacrificing two goats. Being in aviation for too long, I can definitely say that aircraft maintenance and trouble shooting is not so scientific as one would presume.

There are known defects and there are unknown unknown defects, and what is known as "calibrated tap" is a method to fix electronic boxes, if removing and re-installing them do not fix it. Clearly it was electrical fault and a few religious ceremonies and few good prayers are in order, along with some prayers for those who travel.

teshah #32 you wrote
Morality is doing what is right, regardless what we are told. Religious dogma is doing what we are told, no matter what is right.

Great quote, and which is very true. The Quran emphasizes exactly this point - i.e. individual responsibility to God - clearly and directly and in a number of ways (to the extent of calling upon the individual to respectfully reject even that what their parents taught them - without losing one's love for them - even if it does not seem right to them). The fundamentals of character building in schools in the US emphasize this very message (i.e. taking responsibility). And this is the central message of Islam that is hidden under by the "muslim" priesthood that seeks to be spokesmen for God and to suppress the duty of each individual to focus on what is right.

No wonder such abuse is being heaped on an individual who never sought public office, and chose to spend her life with lepers and the poor in Calcutta. Because this is what the religious orthodoxy (muslim, and from all indications even more so in case of hindu) tells its followers to do. Because Teresa gave something to society - while these priests of hinduism or islam seek to life off the work of others in society.

#37 - Gulab Jaman, for a Pathan, you read a lot (specially about mundane stuff like Mother Teresa). This much reading is not good for your reputation.

44:kulharee
thanks. I take that as a compliment.
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Let us destroy this mythology about Maee Theresa, before
more children are impressed & corrupted by the school system

There is no cure for those who refuse to shed the popular myths that have become "facts" for them.

She was like the street beggar who would capitalise & use the diseased, deformed, & paraplegic body of a child to increase donations. All her money was used to build hospitals in US & elsewhere & NONE in India...she pervertly ENJOYED ( praised) prolonging the suffering & never in Treatment.

Read up on the "donations" she received from where & how she empowered the Vatican to use it for the well-known "crusades" around the globe.


What a great learning opportunity...thanks Mr. Gill
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The problem was her Roman Catholic belief that personal suffering helps to earn one's salvation. She thought suffering was good, and she didn't use pain relievers in her clinics. She had said that the suffering of the poor is something very beautiful and the world is being very much helped by the nobility of this example of misery and suffering. Many Catholic priests and nuns, to this day, wear hair undergarments, put stones in their shoes, flagellate themselves and otherwise try to merit heaven by suffering. Poverty and suffering are not simply endured, but are sought and even created. Just as she hoped to earn her way to heaven through her own deprivation and suffering, so "Mother" Teresa hoped to help her patients as well to reach heaven through the suffering she imposed upon them.

bhrata beej, you know this thread is about one person who happened to be a missionary.

Can we not admire her work other than her missionary business?

We can discuss this missionary business at some other time :)

SR # 38, that is a goat-like comparison.

One must always distrustful of people who find suffering a turn on, who don't build hospitals to cure the sick, who do not divulge the sources and destination of their funds.