Classy title by a classy unbiased source.

Kusai is full of shit.

I think she really did a lot to help the poor, downtrod, and ill.

Her legacy was overshadowed and death forgotten due to the death of Princess Di One week earlier.

The American Idle crowd won out again.

Pope approved miracle...Yeah right....And people buy into that foolishness.  

Sounds like you donated to her church and are butt hurt LMAO

take ur time to read this

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/daylightatheism/2008/05/mother-teresa/

Not this socialist commie pope.

I take it that in your opinion, instead of providing aid and comfort, her order should have been agitators and, ummmm, community organizers.

A 7 year old blog from an atheist website?


I was thinking something more credible.




 
 

She cared more about converting people to her weird religion then she did about helping the poor or suffering.

No she didn't even provide "aid and comfort". For her suffering (by others) was a noble virtue. Her hospitals, etc. just warehoused the poor and were just to give the appearance of "doing something".

This is my smug,proud Catholic face looking at you....

Where do you guys think all that money went? Because she sure wasn't spending it on improving conditions, providing medical care, or lessening suffering.



How can you really defend someone that thinks that poor people suffering is a good thing?

His book, The Missionary aid and comfort". For her suffering (by others) was a noble virtue. Her hospitals, etc. just warehoused the poor and were just to give the appearance of "doing something".


They (the poor and sick) were free to leave or go else where, but they didn't. That ought to tell you something.
Virtually all Catholics view suffering as a noble virtue

I am Catholic and I agree with the first guy.

 You are a dirt poor Indian dying of TB.How many options do you have?

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I think it's widely known that those dirt poor Indian peasants loved her and it's probably because she gave them comfort among other things.

She believed that suffering brought us closer to Jesus.









She wasn't concerned with reducing suffering, she wanted to bring people to Jesus.  







The biggest hits against her is that her charity only got about 7% of its money actually used to help the people in her hospices (not hospitals, she did not run hospitals).   I'm not sure that can be laid at her feet though, it isn't like she was in charge of the money.  Most of the money collected was used administratively or to fund missionary work.






They also don't like her stance on abortion and contraception.










 

My Christianity is better than yours!

I suppose her imaginary friend was involved too.

 
A lot of Christians believe that.    




The suffering Jesus went through on the cross led to our salvation and many Christians view suffering as a "cross to bear" that echoes of Jesus's sacrifice.




It is why people nail themselves to crosses, whip themselves, wear a cilice, etc...





It is one of the common answers to "why is there suffering".    It serves a purpose.    





 

I support the one on the left

She'll make a great saint.

dat tie do

Had a co-worker who went to see her when she visited San Francisco.  He was with two big buddies. When she approached, they fell to their knees.  He doesn't know why as he had not intention of dropping but for some unexplained reason they couldn't stand.  She blessed each of them.

I would normally tend to agree but he has poked his nose into things and made statements that kind of make him fair game.



 

lol

Pics of wife in Catholic schoolgirl outfit?

(Don't ban me, bro )

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How's it working out for them?

or his Sailor Moon outfit

She's no more a Saint than any other Born Again Christian. Simply a tradition of the Catholic church. They apparently don't study their Bible but take what the priest and pope a dope have to say about it. The Bible is full of contradictions to this fable.


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Saints [N]
The word "saint" is derived from a Greek verb (hagiazo [aJgiavzw]) whose basic meaning is "to set apart, " "sanctify, " or "make holy." In the history of the Old Testament religion, the idea of holiness or separateness was inherent in the concept of God. God was unapproachable in the tabernacle or temple by the ordinary individual, being accessible only to the priests and only under carefully specified conditions. His presence (the Shekinah) dwelled in the Holy of Holies or the Most Holy Place, the most remote and inaccessible place in the wilderness tabernacle and later in the Jerusalem temple. Only the high priest was allowed to stand in God's presence in this area, and then only once a year at Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement).

This sacred place was further separated from the ordinary Jewish worshiper by another room called "the Holy Place, " which could be entered only by priests. The intent was to impress upon the people the utter holiness and sacredness of the God they worshiped, as well as the necessity of their being set apart or sanctified as saints in his service. This sense of Jehovah's separateness from the sins of the people and from the pagan idols of the lands in which they dwelled was the heart of Jewish monotheism. Its eventual disregard led to the destruction of the temple and the exile of Israel.

This idea of the separateness of God and his people is carried forward in the New Testament, which was written by Jews (except possibly Luke-Acts) who interpreted God's covenant with Israel through the teachings of Christ. Those who were dedicated to the teachings of Christ were frequently called saints by these writers (e.g., Matt 27:52 ; Acts 9:13 ; 26:10 ; Rev 14:12 ). Six of Paul's letters to churches are addressed to saints (Romans, 1-2 Corinthians, Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians).

Saints, in the New Testament, are never deceased individuals who have been canonized by the church and given sainthood. They are living individuals who have dedicated themselves to the worship and service of the one true God as revealed through his Son, Jesus Christ. Even the children of such parents are called "sanctified" ( 1 Cor 7:14-15 ). That is, they are considered undefiled by paganism if at least one of their parents is a Christian. All saved are sanctified, but not all sanctified are saved.

On occasion, when discussing the atonement, Paul carefully differentiates between Jewish Christians and Gentile Christians, calling the former saints and the latter believers. It was the saints, the holy people of God in the Old Testament, who brought the Messiah and redemption into the world, eventually extending the blessings to the Gentiles.

This usage may be seen in 1 Corinthians 1:2, which is addressed to "those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy [saintsJewish Christians], together with all those [Gentiles] everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus ChristLord and ours." The same distinction is made in Ephesians 1:1: "to the saints [Jewish Christians] in Ephesus and the faithful [Gentiles] in Christ Jesus." Colossians is also addressed to "the holy and faithful brothers" in Christ.

Paul addresses the letter to all the Christians in Rome as saints ( Rom 1:7 , because Gentiles who, as wild olive branches have been grafted into the stem of Judaism, now share in the full relationship to that plant and are also saints ), but the Jewish Christians in Rome, who are to be recipients of a special contribution Paul collected among Gentile churches, are called "the saints" in distinction ( Rom 15:25-33 ).

It is informative in this regard that Paul refers to this same collection in 2 Corinthians 8:1-4 as a sharing by the Macedonian churches with "the saints, " not with the "other" saints. Paul's apprehension over whether the Jerusalem saints would accept such a contribution was based on the fact that Jewish Christians were being asked to accept the offering from Gentile Christians. The entire discussion of the issue in Acts 21 when Paul arrived in Jerusalem makes this clear.

Thus, although Gentile Christians are saints, too, because they were given access to the faith of Abraham and the people of the Old Testament, when redemptive history is discussed the Jews are specially designated the "saints" while the Gentiles are considered believers who were later admitted into this "holy" Jewish nucleus.

John McRay

See also Christians, Names of; Church, the; Holy, Holiness

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/fighting_words/2003/10/mommie_dearest.html

Did you try writing them a letter?

ETA: ...or, their church, their rules?

TV program about indolent members of society?

I don't dispute that..However this is a man made tradition and is completely UN-Biblical. I can call you a moron but that doesn't make you one

Pretty much.

Let me guess... Baptist?

I had a miracle happen last night.


I am not even kidding.

I clogged up the toilet all the way to the rim. I was all depressed about having to plunge and Clean it.  I went to grab the plunger and when I came back, the toilet was all clear and flushed and clean.