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Mother Teresa was a pretty terrible person, she's not someone you want to hold up as an example of a good person.

by henrikschroder 4y ago

yangikan 4y ago
genuine question - why?
- sparc24 4y ago
  Some light reading. Miss the Hitch. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Missionary_Position:_Mother_Teresa_in_Theory_and_Practice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Missionary_Position:_Mothe...
- FrenchDevRemote 4y ago
  among other things she believed sick people should feel pain because it came from god and withheld painkillers from them
- kelnos 4y ago
  The linked Wikipedia article about her links to a page full of criticisms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Mother_Teresa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Mother_Teresa
- Timshel 4y ago
  Maybe: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Mother_Teresa https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Mother_Teresa
- retrac98 4y ago
  First result in Google - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Mother_Teresa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Mother_Teresa
- stringfood 4y ago
  [dead]
- vkou 4y ago
  She was far more interested in converting[1] souls to the light of Jesus Christ than she was in helping people with their problems in this world. She was pretty good at convincing people that she was predominantly doing the latter, though. [1] With allegations of unethical forced deathbed conversions.
- akudha 4y ago
  She took money from some despicable characters. She let people in her care suffer "to reach God" but had the best medical care for herself, when she fell sick. Her organization did not keep good records of financial transactions or pay correct taxes. That is just what I can remember. You can Google, lots of good sources are around. She is not a person to look up to. Organized religion disappoints, 99 times out of 100
- belter 4y ago
  “With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil - that takes religion.” ― Steven Weinberg
exolymph 4y ago
Much of Hitchens' critique of Mother Theresa is cherrypicked and distorted: https://www.reddit.com/r/badhistory/comments/gcxpr5/saint_mother_teresa_was_documented_mass_murderer/ https://www.reddit.com/r/badhistory/comments/gcxpr5/saint_mo...

Mother Teresa was a pretty terrible person, she's not someone you want to hold up as an example of a good person.

yangikan 4y ago

genuine question - why?

sparc24 4y ago
Some light reading. Miss the Hitch. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Missionary_Position:_Mother_Teresa_in_Theory_and_Practice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Missionary_Position:_Mothe...
FrenchDevRemote 4y ago
among other things she believed sick people should feel pain because it came from god and withheld painkillers from them
kelnos 4y ago
The linked Wikipedia article about her links to a page full of criticisms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Mother_Teresa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Mother_Teresa
Timshel 4y ago
Maybe: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Mother_Teresa https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Mother_Teresa
retrac98 4y ago
First result in Google - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Mother_Teresa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Mother_Teresa
stringfood 4y ago
[dead]
vkou 4y ago
She was far more interested in converting[1] souls to the light of Jesus Christ than she was in helping people with their problems in this world. She was pretty good at convincing people that she was predominantly doing the latter, though. [1] With allegations of unethical forced deathbed conversions.
akudha 4y ago
She took money from some despicable characters. She let people in her care suffer "to reach God" but had the best medical care for herself, when she fell sick. Her organization did not keep good records of financial transactions or pay correct taxes. That is just what I can remember. You can Google, lots of good sources are around. She is not a person to look up to. Organized religion disappoints, 99 times out of 100
belter 4y ago
“With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil - that takes religion.” ― Steven Weinberg

exolymph 4y ago

Much of Hitchens' critique of Mother Theresa is cherrypicked and distorted: https://www.reddit.com/r/badhistory/comments/gcxpr5/saint_mother_teresa_was_documented_mass_murderer/ https://www.reddit.com/r/badhistory/comments/gcxpr5/saint_mo...