The unfortunate truth about Mother Teresa
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| Truth hurts when we prefer only fantasies. |
With Mother Teresa's recent canonization in record time as a full-fledged Catholic "saint," with no Devil's Advocate other than interviewer Christopher Hitchens (to keep the process honest, adversarial, and two-sided like a legal proceeding seeking truth and justice), what better time to examine her life?
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| The "beauty" of a woman - Hepburn |
Mother Teresa of Calcutta did wonderful things for the world and for India, which loves her and reveres her. She was also an atheist, full of doubt, and persevering in doing good deeds and awful things like serving the Vatican, the worldwide Holy Roman Catholic Church, and proselytizing for converts among the desperate and poor.
Her personal karma was likely good even without right view if she acted out of compassion rather than wisdom. The effect of her actions may not have been good and may have even been bad.
In a conventional sense she was indeed a "saint," and we love her for it. But she is much more fascinating, more complex than she is given credit for, and really stopped believing in God or Jesus's help and participation in her efforts. She wrote about in letters, and a movie -- a hagiography -- has been made about it.
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| Kindness, compassion, and mercy = beauty. |
In a conventional sense she was indeed a "saint," and we love her for it. But she is much more fascinating, more complex than she is given credit for, and really stopped believing in God or Jesus's help and participation in her efforts. She wrote about in letters, and a movie -- a hagiography -- has been made about it.
(CBN News) The Letters' looks at Mother Teresa's atheism and struggle of faith: She is remembered as one of the greatest humanitarians in the world and the movie The Letters is about her life.
She is an inspiration to us all, but let's look at her in three actual dimensions rather than a smiley face stick figure of a ghost in our collective imagination. How much greater is she to be a real person like us and to rise above, rather than to be one of the elect destined to do only good not by her choice and power but by the Fates?
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