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”In 2013, in a comprehensive review covering 96% of the literature on Mother Teresa, a group of Université de Montréal academics reinforced the foregoing criticism, detailing, among other issues, the missionary's practice of "caring for the sick by glorifying their suffering instead of relieving it, ... her questionable political contacts, her suspicious management of the enormous sums of money she received, and her overly dogmatic views regarding, in particular, abortion, contraception, and divorce". Questioning the Vatican's motivations for ignoring the mass of criticism, the study concluded that Mother Teresa's "hallowed image – which does not stand up to analysis of the facts – was constructed, and that her beatification was orchestrated by an effective media relations campaign" engineered by the Catholic convert and anti-abortion BBC journalist Malcolm Muggeridge.”

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iammisc4y ago· 1 in thread

I agree with Mother Theresa on abortion, contraception and divorce, so I don't see why that's off-putting. Abortion, contraception and divorce increase the net suffering in the world (especially divorce should be obvious to everyone).

> caring for the sick by glorifying their suffering instead of relieving it

Not all suffering is fixable. For many, this fact of life leads to depression and despair, Catholics have other views on it. Namely, that while suffering sucks, it has redemptive qualities.

Look... I know all suffering is not fixable. When your child dies, there's nothing you can do about it. It sucks. You can choose to hate life, despair, and wallow in self pity (which I've had ample amounts of), or you can choose to go with whatever it is has happened to you. I eventually chose the later, with the guidance of religion, and it is a much better path.

eurasiantigerOP4y ago

Holy macaroni.

> Abortion, contraception and divorce increase the net suffering in the world (especially divorce should be obvious to everyone).

What the oblivious shipping duck.

Do you really think abortion increases suffering? Think about the girl who got pregnant from rape. You’re forcing them to have that child, a permanent reminder of being raped. I assume you would also force the victim to marry their attacker?

Contraception. Do you really think suffering is lessened when teenagers don’t have access to condoms and get their girlfriend pregnant outside marriage and are forced to choose the child instead of education and vocation?

And divorce—you actually think it lessens suffering if two people who hate each other are forced to stay together and raise their children in a hostile, conflicted environment.

Take all that together and you have a family that’s based on sexual violence and men having absolute control over women and children.

Your stance makes it seem like you want kids to get in trouble so you can bash them with your good book because you get a kick out of it.

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