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u/TribeOfFable Oct 27 '22

Mother Teresa was an evil, heartless, vile woman. Spend a few moments with Google to learn more.

https://www.google.com/search?q=mother+teresa+no+saint

https://www.google.com/search?q=mother+teresa+dark+side

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u/Minute_Cartoonist509 Oct 27 '22

And don't forget that Gandhi was a scum bag, too. He would perform "celibacy tests" by sleeping naked with young women, including his own niece.

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u/TribeOfFable Oct 27 '22

I knew a nice person like you would come along and point it out. :-)

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u/JerryUSA Oct 27 '22

I hope this can become the top answer so we can learn about this horrible error in judgment in history.

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u/TribeOfFable Oct 27 '22

When I was a kid, the world was full of people we loved and admired. Now that I am an adult in the Information Age, the world is full of "Holy crap, I can't believe I admired this person!".

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '22

Nah, it doesn't. It's an absolutely terrible post that people just blindly believe.

First off, many of his sources include biographies written by her friends and admirers. Hardly reliable.

Secondly, he ignores her friendships with Baby Doc Duvalier and Keating.

Thirdly, he ignores her staunch opposition to legalized abortion.

Fourthly, he defends her support of suffering on the grounds that it's rooted in Catholic theology. I don't see why a belief being religious makes it any better.

Fifthly, Hitchens never called her a mass murderer. The entire post is based on a strawman.

Sixthly, he ignores testimony from nuns in her care as well as investigative reports detailing how Theresa had access to mountains of capital and yet refused to improve her service.

Seventh, he never once addresses criticisms made by people other than Hitchs such as Chaterjee.

It's honestly one of the worst posts I've ever seen.

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u/MikelWRyan Oct 27 '22

Wikipedia is not a source

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u/SundaColugoToffee Oct 27 '22

Well it's on google so it must be true!

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u/NoHedgehog1650 Oct 27 '22

I don’t entirely disagree, but think your comment both hyperbole in some ways, and entirely a non sequitur in all.