Religions > Atheism > Mommie Dearest: The pope beatifies Mother Teresa, a fanatic, a fundamentalist, and a fraud.
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20 Oct 2003 09:29:04 PM |
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Mommie Dearest: The pope beatifies Mother Teresa, a fanatic, a fundamentalist, and a fraud. |
Mommie Dearest: The pope beatifies Mother Teresa, a fanatic, a
fundamentalist, and a fraud. By Christopher Hitchens
http://slate.msn.com/id/2090083/
J. Spaceman
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| User: "Bill, The Avender" |
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| Title: Re: Mommie Dearest: The pope beatifies Mother Teresa, a fanatic, a fundamentalist, and a fraud. |
21 Oct 2003 03:48:13 PM |
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In alt.atheism on Tue, 21 Oct 2003 02:29:04 GMT, Jason Spaceman
<IEatSpammersForBreakfast@rogers.com> wrote:
Mommie Dearest: The pope beatifies Mother Teresa, a fanatic, a
fundamentalist, and a fraud. By Christopher Hitchens
http://slate.msn.com/id/2090083/
There could be few more silently poetic ironies than this, eh? :-)
Agreeing completely with the writer's opinion, she is the _essence_ of
what the church has embodied for *millenia*. I see no reason why she
shouldn't earn their highest honors. I'd gleefully wipe my arse with
their highest honor, of course, but sincerely believe that 'Mother
Teresa' deserves it just the same. :-)
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L8r,
Bill, The Avender
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Christianity has already had the chance to govern
the world according to its own ethical standards.
It was called the "Dark Ages".
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| User: "Dave W" |
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| Title: Re: Mommie Dearest: The pope beatifies Mother Teresa, a fanatic, a fundamentalist, and a fraud. |
21 Oct 2003 11:52:10 PM |
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(Bill, The Avender) wrote in news:3f969a7b.549009
@newsgroups.bellsouth.net:
In alt.atheism on Tue, 21 Oct 2003 02:29:04 GMT, Jason Spaceman
<IEatSpammersForBreakfast@rogers.com> wrote:
Mommie Dearest: The pope beatifies Mother Teresa, a fanatic, a
fundamentalist, and a fraud. By Christopher Hitchens
http://slate.msn.com/id/2090083/
There could be few more silently poetic ironies than this, eh? :-)
Agreeing completely with the writer's opinion, she is the _essence_ of
what the church has embodied for *millenia*. I see no reason why she
shouldn't earn their highest honors. I'd gleefully wipe my arse with
their highest honor, of course, but sincerely believe that 'Mother
Teresa' deserves it just the same. :-)
Now that you put it that way... The idea that Mother Teresa is somehow a
saint amused me a bit. But if you consider the grand scheme of RCC
virtues, I guess you could consider her virtuous.
What chaps my butt is the celebration of Fr. Serra. He was the one in
charge of establishing the California missions. I suppose enslaving
native peoples is virtuous. This guy is on the way to sainthood also.
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Dave W a.a.#1967
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