There is no doubt that Mother Teresa did a great deal of good but nevertheless she spoke up in favour of thoroughly evil people (like the Duvaliers) who had donated to her order; there is solid evidence that the vast amounts of money given by millions of individuals around the world to aid the poor were used to build her order. I find it offensive that she described the suffering of the poor as being beautiful....It definitely isn't beautiful to them. Her whole endeavour was guided by her own dogma, which isn't selflessness (she had an ulterior aim). What I'm objecting to is the way everybody is placed in an uncritical view of the world like jigsaw pieces.
I completely agree Tim. I don't have much time for the Christian idea of charity, especially since it so often has nothing to do with "listening" which is all important in any connexion. The litmus test is always softness - if the person isn't soft then they're full of self, and like I've said before by all accounts Mother Teresa was as hard as nails. Compassion has nothing to do with doing good. It is all about being soft, ammenable and strong enough to take on board a little of that persons pain & suffering. This requires you to really join with them. There is no real possibility of this if you are hard.
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There is no doubt that Mother Teresa did a great deal of good but nevertheless she spoke up in favour of thoroughly evil people (like the Duvaliers) who had donated to her order; there is solid evidence that the vast amounts of money given by millions of individuals around the world to aid the poor were used to build her order. I find it offensive that she described the suffering of the poor as being beautiful....It definitely isn't beautiful to them. Her whole endeavour was guided by her own dogma, which isn't selflessness (she had an ulterior aim). What I'm objecting to is the way everybody is placed in an uncritical view of the world like jigsaw pieces.
I completely agree Tim. I don't have much time for the Christian idea of charity, especially since it so often has nothing to do with "listening" which is all important in any connexion. The litmus test is always softness - if the person isn't soft then they're full of self, and like I've said before by all accounts Mother Teresa was as hard as nails. Compassion has nothing to do with doing good. It is all about being soft, ammenable and strong enough to take on board a little of that persons pain & suffering. This requires you to really join with them. There is no real possibility of this if you are hard.
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