Hitchens argue for his book based on the letters Theresa wrote shortly before her death(?), and Donohue recites what she did during her lifetime. How is that relevant to Hitchens argument and statement that she lost her faith before passing away? It's like Donohue knew he couldn't refute Hitchen's arguments and instead decided to talk about something completely different, some (to the discussion at hand) meaningless facts that are not disputed by anyone. Sadly, that just makes him embarrasing to listen to.

My dupe-meter is going off right now. I think I've seen a lot of Hitch and I'm sure I've seen this before. At any rate, it is a great whooping for Pope Donohue.

Actually, Kreegath, the letters Mother Teresa wrote about what Hitchens calls her loss of faith go all the way back to 1955. She reported a feeling of great spiritual darkness all through the years of her famous ministry.

I agree to some extent with Hitchens. I suspect that the real root of her "loss of faith," as Hitchens calls it (not entirely accurate), is that she was depending on a deity that ends up not exactly as advertised. I went through something similar myself at one point, and ended up leaving the faith.

That said, her perseverance in the face of doubt probably makes her an even more appropriate symbol of faith for modern Christians. From a Christian point of view, such endurance is incredibly praiseworthy.

I think its exactly like Hitchens says, she couldnt possibly bring herself to believe what she had bought into, and for it, she was filled with guilt and shame, a guilt and shame that was encouraged and exploited by the people who thought she was a fantastic marketing tool. The whole mess is tragic. She wanted to do good, she honestly tried to good, but when you are caught in a web of lies, guilt, shame, manipulation, superstition and misinformation, things tend to go wrong.

what about getting an intelligent christian debater to discuss against hitchens? and whats with the punch-lien delivered with a smirk at the end? being an ass for the lord?

Demons are real! Horned beasts that live under the ground! Magic is real! Exorcisms are useful!

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