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26. Your last sentence would be a fitting epitaph for anyone.

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Mother Teresa: Beloved and scorned on the eve of her canonisation [View all] rug Sep 2016 OP

Never met her. pangaia Sep 2016 #1

Me either. rug Sep 2016 #20

She was human, not a "god" & like most humans, both "good" and "bad" hlthe2b Sep 2016 #2

That's about it. rug Sep 2016 #16

Hell's Angel? Hitchens utterly fails to prove his case. nt jonno99 Sep 2016 #3

Really? Do you have counters to his claims? Humanist_Activist Sep 2016 #5

Oh please, the video may as well have been titled: jonno99 Sep 2016 #6

Isn't that just a condemnation of Catholic Beliefs? Humanist_Activist Sep 2016 #7

Evil? Again, you're talking about church doctrine. You, I, or the rest of the world jonno99 Sep 2016 #8

I would say that if someone were to put such beliefs in practice... Humanist_Activist Sep 2016 #9

My original point stands. This criticism is not jonno99 Sep 2016 #10

Redemptive suffering does not mean to cause suffering at all. rug Sep 2016 #17

True, but it does mean accepting it, which is just fucked up... Humanist_Activist Sep 2016 #18

Well, sometimes that's all you can do. rug Sep 2016 #19

A couple things... MellowDem Sep 2016 #4

I really haven't delved into the merits of the debate about her that's been going on for 20 years. rug Sep 2016 #11

The problem is the level of care present in the hospices in India... Humanist_Activist Sep 2016 #12

I understand that's the criticism (but not the main one) and I can't evaluate its accuracy. rug Sep 2016 #13

It would seem less histrionics would be involved... MellowDem Sep 2016 #24

There have been saints for 2,000 years without people losing their minds over the concept. rug Sep 2016 #25

India's median annual per capita income is around $600 struggle4progress Sep 2016 #14

Sometimes I wonder what the hell we're fighting about in here. rug Sep 2016 #15

It looks like she caused more sufferring edhopper Sep 2016 #21

Oh, Chatterjee's been pushing that for two decades. rug Sep 2016 #22

I am sure you can find ways to discount him edhopper Sep 2016 #27

If there's a 25% OFF! tag hanging from his ear, I'll take it. rug Sep 2016 #29

And what she actually did there is immaterial? edhopper Sep 2016 #32

What she actually did there is material. rug Sep 2016 #33

We have found out edhopper Sep 2016 #34

Is there anything less than 22 years old? rug Sep 2016 #35

She died 20 years ago FFS. edhopper Sep 2016 #36

Come on, ed, you can do better than that. rug Sep 2016 #37

Case in point edhopper Sep 2016 #38

Most of us are some combination of good and bad. Jim__ Sep 2016 #23

Your last sentence would be a fitting epitaph for anyone. rug Sep 2016 #26

Though there is evidence edhopper Sep 2016 #28

Not that I've seen. Jim__ Sep 2016 #30

Depends where you look edhopper Sep 2016 #31

You're the one claiming there's evidence. Jim__ Sep 2016 #39

has been edhopper Sep 2016 #40