Mother Theresa's sainthood

[Brainstormy]

Saddened this morning that the whole world is celebrating the life of this selfish fraud.

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

[Warpy]

1. Well, we all knew it was going to happen

It's the way of the old Roman Empire, kick noted (or notorious, take your pick) people upstairs to become demigods.

Not my business. I just sort of shake my head in tired disbelief that anyone still buys this bullshit and move on.

[edhopper]

2. Those that think she was anything other than a con artist

are as delusional as Trump supporters.

[rationalcalgarian]

3. I get the feeling that...

.. if I had raised millions upon millions of dollars and then just handed it all over to the Vatican, the Catholic Church would would make ME a saint, too! And I'm not Catholic. I'm not even Christian.
It makes sense when you consider that the Catholic Church is not a religious organization, it's a bank. And always has been.
Making her a sainte is the same as giving her a free toaster for her deposit.

[AlbertCat]

8. it's a bank. And always has been.

When it wasn't a government AND a bank....

[progressoid]

4. Ugh. I accidentally turned on CNN to hear them blathering on about it.

On the plus side, at least it was a break from Trump coverage.

[edhopper]

5. The Teresa defenders

on the other forum are in full form.

[deucemagnet]

6. Lots of links here

https://np.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/4ai2bx/mother_teresa_to_be_made_a_saint_pope_francis/d10ui00
https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/4ai2bx/mother_teresa_to_be_made_a_saint_pope_francis/d11pm6r

Clearly there's a lot more here than some vendetta on the part of Christopher Hitchens, but some people refuse to see that.

Incidentally, a grand-nephew of Mother Theresa's was one of my best friends when I was in graduate school. He was an atheist (even before I was), not particularly impressed with his great aunt, and he hid the fact that he was related to MT because of the way religious people acted around him when they found out.

[trotsky]

7. All that needs to be said about her:

She made sure she had access to the medicine and treatments that she denied all her patients.

Fucking hypocrite.

[NeoGreen]

9. AP does an interview...

...

[rurallib]

10. can I rec this post?