tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-356827408135871543.post8953985086000970575..comments2023-09-21T04:06:12.405-04:00Comments on She Dances On The Sand: The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice by Christopher HitchensRioIririhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04358432680088606342noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-356827408135871543.post-77836729089624121502007-11-27T08:08:00.000-05:002007-11-27T08:08:00.000-05:00The disturbing concept you recognize is straight o...The disturbing concept you recognize is straight out of "Modell of Christian Charity" by John Winthrop in 1630. It very definitely posits the poor as a means to salvation for the rich. Repellent and pathetic.an atheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10837194754164217961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-356827408135871543.post-10375425677019149312007-11-26T19:23:00.000-05:002007-11-26T19:23:00.000-05:00I'd love to see another source of reportage on M. ...I'd love to see another source of reportage on M. Teresa. Hitchens is a wonderful reporter, but very biased. I don't believe she fooled people so seamlessly. I think she wasn't all she should have been but I am having a lot of trouble believing people showered her with millions of dollars over DECADES while she required reusing needles and letting people die of treatable illnesses. That kind of thing would get out, surely. Wouldn't it?CoganBookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00070074575936413045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-356827408135871543.post-17144650696415228632007-11-26T09:58:00.000-05:002007-11-26T09:58:00.000-05:00I don't know, I worked in one of her missions and ...I don't know, I worked in one of her missions and didn't see anything like Hitchens described. <BR/><BR/>Just to consider -- if his anti-Clinton bias seems overwhelming -- maybe he is biased against Mother Theresa as well? I'm in no way saying she was perfect or that her organizations are above reproach. Anything run by humans is necessarily flawed. But if he's so prejudiced against the Clintons -- perhaps he's unreasonable here, too. Just my two cents.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11813023808982058233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-356827408135871543.post-8452964376218440792007-11-25T21:38:00.000-05:002007-11-25T21:38:00.000-05:00My Dad bought me this book back in the day, obviou...My Dad bought me this book back in the day, obviously in reverence to Mother Theresa, "an important person". He doesn't know much English and obviously didn't realize what the book was all about. I enjoyed reading it; it was my first introduction to critical writing that goes against what mainstream media says. I was shocked by a lot of it, but it also inspired me to think for myself. <BR/><BR/>I didn't like that he tried to use it as proof that there is no God, though. I really don't think it was relevant to the issue, which to me was cruelty and deception in this particular case, not "all religion is cruelty and deception". <BR/><BR/>I think the Mother Theresa cult fed on the guilt of Western people. And once you give the money, hey, no need to see where it goes because you already did your share. It gave her a pretty terrifying power.Denisellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06795374433278780949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-356827408135871543.post-27075408280354502192007-11-25T15:39:00.000-05:002007-11-25T15:39:00.000-05:00Yes, what Ruth said!Yes, what Ruth said!I_Sell_Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08047786558604545391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-356827408135871543.post-43438106332861789082007-11-25T03:53:00.000-05:002007-11-25T03:53:00.000-05:00I've always had trouble with Hitchens, exactly bec...I've always had trouble with Hitchens, exactly because of what the last two paragraphs of your post say. Even though I agree with him about Mother Teresa - she really was abominable - his opinions on other issues and his abrasive attitude elsewhere make it hard for me to take him seriously sometimes. But regardless of my opinion on Hitchens, this is a great post from all sorts of points of view.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05656992003532738943noreply@blogger.com