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To: Dayuhan who wrote (27430)	12/30/1998 12:30:00 PM
From: joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Sheesh, lurking on this thread, and just had to respond to some of this $%^&. Just a couple of points. 1) Read at least one of dozens of books by Mother Teresa. 2) Mother Teresa was not allowed to evangelize in India. If she did, she would have been thrown out immediately. She was not allowed to speak out against the gov't policies without having been thrown out immediately. Not only would she have been thrown out of the country, but also, ALL of the people doing the same job as she. These people helped out countless people in India. The gov't in India was totally against her (and still is last I heard, I don't keep up with the details of her mission). 3) Mother Teresa did not intend to be a political figure. She was in lots of ways politically and theologically naive. What she did came from the heart and other sources and was consistent with her philosophy of her faith/beliefs. 4) To a certain point, she did interact with the international community. She even spoke to the Congress of the US* in the last few years I believe against the Partial Birth Abortion Bill. So, in her own way, she still made quite a stir on the International stage. She stimulated a lot of people to reexamine what's been going on in India. So, even though she didn't do many things herself, she created the incentive for many, many others to do the necessary work that she couldn't do for multiple reasons. >>But I do suspect that one reason she was given the platform of fame was that those who gave it to her knew very well that she would not rock the boat.<< How incredibly unfair. She is the perfect example of somebody who transcended all the hurdles in life to helping people out. Through her simple faith and actions, through no desire for fame, power, and fortune, she was able to make one of the most important differences in the world ever. Your statement is the type of cynical reasoning that perpetuates the problems all good people would like to fix. >>Why do we prefer to idolize those who humbly clean up our messes without suggesting that we stop making them?<< If she caused you to think for a few moments of what your responsibility is to the world, then she more than adequately did her job.

To: Dayuhan who wrote (27430)	12/31/1998 6:40:00 AM
From: nihil	Respond to of 108807

Teresa, Retiring as Duty Saint: "God will find another person, more humble, more devoted, more obedient to him, and the society will go on." — Calcutta, 1989, after announcing her intention to retire. How Jesus treated a Woman Taken in Adultery: "...If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her." ... "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?" "No one, Sir." "Then neither do I condemn you. Go now and leave your life of sin." [She left. And it is not known if Jesus ever wrote again.} John 8:7-12 How are we to suppose Jesus would have treated Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu had they met?

To: Dayuhan who wrote (27430)	12/31/1998 6:44:00 AM
From: nihil	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Teresa, retiring as duty saint: "God will find another person, more humble, more devoted, more obedient to him, and the society will go on." — Calcutta, 1989, after announcing her intention to retire. How Jesus treated a woman taken in adultery: "...If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her." ... "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?" "No one, Sir." "Then neither do I condemn you. Go now and leave your life of sin." [She left... it is not known if Jesus ever wrote again.] John 8:7-12 How are we to suppose Jesus would have treated Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu had they met?