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- If you have worked with the missionaries of charity, they admit to daily struggles. I have never witnessed humanitarian work so helpful to so many underpriveledged, I can only say I have witnessed my version of goodness and how I believe the world would be much better if we used some of their actions. She was human, I don''t have the authority or knowledge to address the being I believe in called God.
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- Faith in God and his works I believe are maybe difficult to understand. This fine person did God''s work even with doubts of her own but to have such doubts only means, to me, that she truely did believe in God and what she was doing. Christians don''t do things for others expecting to get something in return. They do it because it needs to be done. The satisfaction comes from within us. God is within us.
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- I imagine she, like me, wondered how a loving God could allow the misery she saw in the people she cared for.
If he sees everything that goes on, why does he not DO something about it?
I imagine she felt overwhelmed. She, after all, is doing his job for him.
If God is all powerful he is not all good.
If he is all good he is not all powerful. - Reply to this comment
- Nobody is calling into question that this was a good woman. She dedicated her life to helping those less fortunate. But her losing her faith is not a testament to her faith...can no one see this? She died not believing in God. She had denied God. Not because there was anything wrong with her but simply because she came to realize as more and more people are, that there is no God. Science is winning. People are leaving behind all the myths and superstitions and coming to realize what we really are. Even the Pope has recognized evolution recently. I feel sad and pity those who labor and sacrifice their whole lives for a god that does not exist.
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- Someone told me that "saints aren''t born,they''re made, of human failings, human doubt,and human triumph".
Mother Teresa had a myriad of doubts: about her mission, her role in a society that was stratified in human terms, and the ability to rise about the difficult.
I am sure we''ll get all the Christopher Hitchens-wannabees, attacking faith life in general and Mother Teresa specifically.I will not judge their motives. But,kiddies, think before you issue a rambling attack on this woman. - Reply to this comment
- She was good person who dedicated her life to help others. I am sure she struggled at times, but she never gave up, even in moments of doubt. Most of us wish we only had that type of perseverance.
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- I completely agree with revamv7. We have to question our faiths, otherwise it becomes fanaticism. Faith backed by reason is stronger and last longer because it is always updated with new findings. She was human and had her weaknesses%u2014it is those doubts and the fact that she kept helping others that made her even more spiritualised.
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- Surely, we should not expect people who are not led by the Spirit of God to understand anything of God''s Spirit. It''s like throwing pearls before swine.
Anyway, she struggled with her fleshly, human side, in which she had complete understanding was always present, and she naturally struggled against the spirit. But what she did through her faith and through the Spirit of God will never burn up, it will live eternally, just as her spirit will!
And hey! If you don%u2019t believe in the devil, well we%u2019ll find out when we die, who%u2019s right!
Yes Indeed!
Surely Mother Theresa knows the mysterious truth now, and she has no doubt about her faith anymore! And she surely has no more cares about this old world!
Yes, I wish they would have honored her wish!
Talk to the hand Baby, Talk to the hand! Cause it%u2019s funny that you believe that you are a devil! - Reply to this comment
- This shows that Mother Tersea was human. We have fears and doubts even about our faith. There is nothing wrong with showing our weakenesses. No matter what she wrote or how she felt, she continued her work and that is great faith. Faith is continuing in the work God has give us to do even when we cannot hear from Him or feel his presence. That is why He gave us his Word. We cannot look at what we see through our physical eye. We must see things as God sees them.
For all the believers, now you know that you are not alone. This should give us great encouragement to do aa Paul say in Philippians, I press on to the mark of the high call which is in Christ Jesus." - Reply to this comment
- Doubt is not necessarily a "bad" thing. Doubt can strengthen one''s faith. Unfortunately, the media often exploits the negative side of things to promote their best interest, selling media. True Christians won''t have any problem reading between the lines. We all have doubt, some more than others. The blind have doubt because they can''t see, but they still believe. I would be interested in knowing why her last wishes were not fulfilled. She was smart enough to know that we weren''t capable of understanding her letters without exploiting them.....that''s why she wanted them destroyed.
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