"for Goodness Sake, Stop Praising This Cruel Wretch, Already. It Gets On My Nerves When People Quote Her In Any Way Hail Her As An Embodiment Of Goodness When All She Did For The Starving And Deceased Was Worsen Or Prolong Their Miseries.

[RATTER15]

https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2013/03/05/a-new-expose-on-mother-teresa-shows-that-she-and-the-vatican-were-even-worse-than-we-thought/

Time to rewrite Theresa's *** eulogy.

[Hypognosis]

From among the article's comments, I found this:-

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myatheistlife on March 5, 2013 at 7:51 am
I suppose my cynicism began early in life. If it seems to good to be true, it probably is.

She was famous and had lots of money, dictators and famous friends, lots of ‘work’ but she was never associated with anyone getting well. There were no grateful people who received help at her hand. The news was full of stories about her work with the poor and sick but no stories of success or staunch gratitude. Because of her I took notice that none of the religious were getting well. If they got sick, they died. None of the praying stuff seemed to work, no matter who was doing it. This was a seminal moment of epiphany in my path to anti-theism.

At a young age I asked myself ‘where are all the healed people?’ … ‘even Mother Teresa doesn’t have any’ – it was all hype and no results.

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So, if she'd operated in the UK, the sign on the door would be 'Hospice', not Hospital or Care Home and she'd now be under investigation for maltreatment of patients?

[Hypognosis]

Wow, all of 20 seconds on the Latest posts ticker. That was an impressive effort.
Have caught up with the thread properly now.

So, what are quiz question setters to do about her? If phrased as "Who was famous for healing the sick in India, at the turn of the millenium" is it permitted to shout "unfair question"?
Or are we supposed to - for the sake of not ruining a good time - shrug and give the answer we think they have on the card? Quizmasters could have some mischief out of the latter option (bluff and double bluff).

[gness]

Ahhhh...now if the Quiz master had Blessed Teresa as the answer we would have to challenge.....for she would claim that the sick she "healed" were actually healed by God......as do all faith healers to explain those who are not chosen to be healed.....☺

[Hypognosis]

Well, there's an interesting dilemma, gness.

If it _is_ God doing the healing then how can Theresa be a saint-nominee - she played no part in it!

As for "not chosen to be healed" well, that's probably what Stephen Fry meant by the 'capricious' God. Choosy, mean and, thus, unlikeable.

[gness]

In my experience, Hypo.....believers need someone even closer than God. My family see Teresa as someone closer to them than God is..... so if she can be chosen by God to perform these miracles....well there is hope for us all... except for me of course......☺
My family is riddled with priest and nuns...we did have a Bishop til his secret family was discovered...and wouldn't it be great if one of them was chosen as a vessel of God and ended up a saint, is their hope.....☺

As for the capricious God....well that is my argument when I am implored to return to the fold......would I want to spend time with the monster you worship? Not likely!