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3rd November 2009, 05:41 PM
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Here is what he said (outrageous) and Bill Donohue's of the Catholic League's response:
Catholic League: For Religious and Civil Rights
On October 30, atheist Christopher Hitchens appeared on Dennis Miller’s Internet radio show condemning Mother Teresa, yet again. Here is one of his choice statements: “The woman was a fanatic and a fundamentalist and a fraud, and millions of people are much worse off because of her life, and it’s a shame there is no h___ for your b____ to go to.”
I once told Hitchens that one of the real reasons he hates Mother Teresa has to do with his socialist ideology: he believes the state should care for the poor, not voluntary organizations, and he especially loathes the idea of religious ones servicing the dispossessed. Indeed, he sees in Mother Teresa the very embodiment of altruism, a virtue he cannot—with good reason—fully comprehend.
The fact of the matter is that socialism is the greatest generator of poverty known to mankind, and Mother Teresa did more to heal and rescue its victims than anyone in the modern era. This explains why she is adored by the people who knew her best—the men and women of India (she is second only to Gandhi as the nation’s most revered person).
Hitchens is positively obsessed by Mother Teresa, and that is a very telling commentary on his psyche. She is a constant reminder that reason without faith is a dark hole.
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3rd November 2009, 05:46 PM
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3rd November 2009, 05:55 PM
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Socialism does not equal communism, and is not a bad thing.
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3rd November 2009, 06:01 PM
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3rd November 2009, 06:03 PM
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3rd November 2009, 06:25 PM
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3rd November 2009, 07:06 PM
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Reps: 432,640,816,575,563,648 (power: 432,640,816,575,582) | | Originally Posted by Blackknight  I've really stopped caring what Hitchens or Dawkins say. I shudder to think I used to be like them.
What changed your mind/heart?
Originally Posted by Michie He's a jerk. He makes a living of it.
True. But to be that brash on a radio show really galls me. I think he must do it for the attention it gets him. 
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3rd November 2009, 07:07 PM
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Reps: 134,994,872,109,876,352 (power: 134,994,872,109,893) | | Originally Posted by helenofbritain I'm glad that dude stood up for Mother Teresa, but I'm sick of socialism being demonised by everyone.
Socialism does not equal communism, and is not a bad thing.
Not to threadjack, but what then are we to make of Papal statements like these? “Socialism . . . cannot be reconciled with the teachings of the Catholic Church because its concept of society itself is utterly foreign to Christian truth.... No one can be at the same time a sincere Catholic and true socialist.” — Pope Pius XI, May 15, 1931
“No Catholic [can] subscribe even to moderate Socialism.” — Pope John XXIII, May 15, 1961
And I agree, no one in their right mind would make statements like those made toward Mother Teresa. May God soften his heart. What a conversion his would be... 
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3rd November 2009, 07:08 PM
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Reps: 134,994,872,109,876,352 (power: 134,994,872,109,893) | | Originally Posted by Veritas What changed your mind/heart?
True. But to be that brash on a radio show really galls me. I think he must do it for the attention it gets him.
A perfect example of selling your soul for profit...
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