Was Mother Teresa not so saintly after all?

--Kaiser-- · 09-03-2013 12:47am

otto_26 wrote: »

Your talking about an individual study... I've read plenty others what's your point?

Lie

otto_26 · 09-03-2013 12:48am

fishy fishy wrote: »

that means nothing - its a pr job. Happens all the time.

Oh ok then :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

otto_26 · 09-03-2013 12:49am

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

Lie

Your comment above says more about you then it does about me..

--Kaiser-- · 09-03-2013 12:51am

otto_26 wrote: »

Your comment above says more about you then it does about me..

I know what you are but what am I?

otto_26 · 09-03-2013 12:56am

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

I know what you are but what am I?

Poooor you good effort thou!

LizT · 09-03-2013 1:00am

Mod
Let's stop the sniping and keep it on topic from here on.

My name is URL · 09-03-2013 1:56am

How much of our money is handed away each year to charities around the world? Is every penny of it going to the right cause?

Only today our government pledged over €3,000,000 in relief aid to charities in DR Congo. Almost half a million is going to Christian Aid.. a group who build churches, hand out bibles and generally preach the good word to those they are helping. That's your money, and it's compulsory.. not a voluntary donation...

Hardly a pip about it from anyone.. yet the whole MT thing is still a hot topic!

It's a bit mad, Ted.

cartell_best · 09-03-2013 4:23am

"I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbour. Do you know your next door neighbour? Peace

Seaneh · 09-03-2013 5:08am

My name is URL wrote: »

Ho
Only today our government pledged over €3,000,000 in relief aid to charities in DR Congo. Almost half a million is going to Christian Aid.. a group who build churches, hand out bibles and generally preach the good word to those they are helping.

Actually, no.

Christian Aid does not build churches and hand out bibles. They help develop small businesses and farming systems that allow people to pull themselves out of poverty. They also help develop distribution networks for the small holders they work with to allow them to sell their produce at a fair price and advocate for the proper distribution of the mineral wealth of DR Congo. They also advocate for legislation on topics such as women's rights, sexual assault, education and so on.

You can read more about it here:
http://www.christianaid.ie/whatwedo/africa/dr_congo.aspx

cartell_best · 09-03-2013 5:41am

I'm sorry Mods, I can't refrain:

Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.

To ye that dwell in hatred, that feel a sense of satisfaction in resentment, to those that believe its not holy or just being a decent person, but just an intuition to say "wtf, and I hate"...Misrere, Misere.....Just be happy....That lady helped people in situations that You or I could never entertain in our dreams or worst nightmares...Lads, FFS man, be nice...that's all!

The_Kew_Tour · 09-03-2013 9:05am

otto_26 wrote: »

Not at all find it all rather funny!

poor you..

better luck next time..

Lol

otto_26 · 09-03-2013 3:56pm

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Lol

LOL

!!!!!!!!!

The_Kew_Tour · 09-03-2013 5:42pm

Knasher wrote: »

She could and should have treated them as human beings. The allegations she didn't either come from people who visited her facilities, or actually worked in them. The allegations that she had the means to help come from people who collected money as part of her order.

I am very much of the opinion that nothing and nobody should be exempt from criticism. The view that something should be exempt is behind the worst abuses of that trust. It is what facilitated the abuse by the catholic church, it's what facilitates the abuse in theocratic states and communist states today. If the record stands behind her, then she is immune to criticism, she doesn't need to be exempt. Her charity could simply release the records of how much money they received in donations and how they spent it. There is a huge difference between a charity that does as much as it can because it lacks the means to do more, and a charity that chooses not to do more because it believes in the nobility of suffering. By any view of the allegations, her charity was the latter, simply a caricature of charity, which included working with those in need but forgoes the desire to do so for the betterment of the lives of the people she claimed to be helping.

However I suspect the reason people believe she should be exempt from criticism, is because they don't want to accept that she mightn't be immune.

Could not agree with post more

Was Mother Teresa not so saintly after all?

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