Mother Teresa Was A Bitch

[stromboli]

http://www.independent.ie/world-news/as ... 07530.html

Mother Teresa may have spent her life looking after the sick and poor, but researchers from Montreal and Ottawa universities have now raised questions over the 'dubious' nature of her care, as well querying her "questionable" political contacts.

The researchers also raised concerns over the Nobel Peace Prize winner's 'suspicious' financial arrangements, which saw large sums of money transferred into 'secret' bank accounts.

Writing in the Journal of Studies in Religion/Sciences after analysing around 300 documents surrounding Mother Teresa's life, Dr Serge Larivie and Dr Genevieve Chenard say they have uncovered details that compromise the Albanian-born nun's saintly image.

They claim that many of the 'missions' set up by Mother Teresa were unfit for their inhabitants, calling them 'homes for the dying' due to their poor hygiene and a shortage of food, care and medication.

The researchers believe a lack of money cannot be the reason for the poor conditions however, as Mother Teresa raised hundreds of millions during her lifetime, although much of that money appears to have vanished in into several 'secret' bank accounts the nun kept.

The researchers also questioned why, despite openly offering prayers and medallions bearing depictions of the Virgin Mary, Mother Teresa provided no direct or monetary aid to victims of a number of natural disasters in India.

Dr Larivie says: "Given the parsimonious management of Mother Teresa's works, one may ask where the millions of dollars for the poorest of the poor have gone?"

The researchers went on to query Mother Teresa's politics and political contacts, accusing her of accepting a financial grant from the brutal Duvalier dictatorship, which is deemed responsible for the murders of over 30,000 Haitians between 1957 and 1986.

They also accuse Mother Teresa of spreading hardline right wing Catholic ideology, saying she held "overly dogmatic views regarding, in particular, abortion, contraception and divorce."

The Catholic Church is a fucking joke.

[DunkleSeele]

Nothing new under the sun...

[NitzWalsh]

One of my favourite quotes from her is "Are you suffering? That's Jesus kissing you."

[ApostateLois]

She valued suffering over anything else--for others, but not for herself. Her charities were filthy hovels lacking in basic hygiene, medicines, pain killers, and caretakers, while she herself went to the best hospitals to receive expensive medical care whenever she was sick. She was a fucking hypocrite and a con-woman, no better than Pat Roberson, Creflo Dollar, or any of the many other shysters who prey upon the gullible. I am glad she is dead.

[AllPurposeAtheist]

See what a good PR firm can do for you when the care you give the poor is no care?

[Thumpalumpacus]

Yeah, Hitchens does a great job dissecting her bullshit too.

[zacherystaylor]

I got to admit I was partially fooled by this propaganda. When Hitchens ranked on her I agreed with some of his statements about abortion but thought that despite that she might have been doing the best she could based on her beliefs which often backfired in practice.

You're source does seem to fit with the pattern of behavior of the Church.

Can't dispute the claim that the Catholic Church is a fucking joke, a bad joke.

[Brian37]

Hitchens wrote a book about her long ago, and now the media is just catching on.

[Thumpalumpacus]

Hitchens wrote a book about her long ago, and now the media is just catching on.

Better late than never.

[Outnumbered]

Those who seem to pray the most, in reality prey the most.

[NeoLogic26]

Those who seem to pray the most, in reality prey the most.

I like it. Who should I make the royalty checks out to? I plan on using this in the future.

[Brian37]

Those who seem to pray the most, in reality prey the most.

Yep, you need an audience to sell your Kool Aid.

[SHIN KAIRI]

The Catholic Church is a fucking joke.

True.

[rickcopeland648]

Yeah, Hitchens does a great job dissecting her bullshit too.

Yeah, The Rick Copelande has recommended "The Missionary Position" to many. It's an entertaining, informative, and short read. One of Hitchens' major points about her donations (that Mommy Teresa could have built a world class researech and teaching hospital with her donation but preferred to give the money to the Catholic church to further it's regressive polices while she basically built a shitt hospice and sterilized toold with boiling water) is seriosuly worth the consideration of anyone who doesn't get that Mommy Teresay is possibly the most overrated person of her era...

The book (essentailly a longer version of a pamphlet) might be out of print. But there's a reason Hitchens was brought in as the Devil's advocate to argue againts her cannonization...

[rickcopeland648]

Can't dispute the claim that the Catholic Church is a fucking joke, a bad joke.

Calling the Catholic chuirch a "joke" is misstating it. By and large the organization is an enemy of humanity...