Did you know Mother Theresa was atheist/agnostic?

Question

Apparently she was a definite agnostic at the very least.

Source: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/23/eveningnews/main3199062.shtml

If you've stopped praying to your "god" and you have had a long history of clear doubts you are by definition an agnostic.

Answer 1

Mother Teresa was a lot of things, and an atheist would be the nicest thing anyone could say about her.
Having misused funds, misappropriated charitable donations and caused countless suffering through her staunch refusal to condone contraception and safe sex, she has done far more harm than she has done good.
If she had some kind of death bed conversion to atheism or agnosticism, she would have done well to apologize to those to whom she has caused the most suffering - those with HIV< those with unwanted pregnancies, those with hepatitis, those who, in good faith, donated to her causes only to find the funds misappropriated for nefarious purposes.

Beatification - give me a break.

Answer 2

* [quote] Let me offer examples of two small but related "actions." Two years ago, the population of the Republic of Ireland went to the polls in a referendum. The single issue was the removal of the constitutional ban on divorce. Ireland is the only country in Europe with such a prohibition, and it is also engaged in serious talks with the Protestant minority who fear clerical control of their lives in a future "power-sharing" agreement. For this reason, most Irish political parties called for a "yes" vote. In the concluding stages of the campaign, which was very closely fought, Mother Teresa intervened to urge that the faithful vote "no."

A few months later, she gave an interview to the American magazine, Ladies Home Journal, which reached millions of housewives. She was asked about her friendship with Princess Diana, a friendship which has been evolving over the past several years, and also about Diana's then impending divorce. Of the divorce Mother Teresa said that "It is a good thing that it is over. Nobody was happy anyhow." [end quote]

** [quote] Susan Shields, formerly a senior nun with the order, recalled that one year there was roughly $50m in the bank account held by the New York office alone. Much of the money, she complained, sat in banks while workers in the homes were obliged to reuse blunt needles.[end quote]

I’ll just repeat the salient points:
1. Appealed to the Irish to keep the ban on divorce THEN met Diana and said she did the right thing in divorcing Charlie.
2. Had over $50 million in ONE bank account but her “homes were obliged to reuse blunt needles”.

Please, let's have no more discussion about this evil, religious whore.

It hardly matters that she was atheist/agnostic or even theist but a theist she was.
To be truly evil and think you're doing good takes religion
.

Answer 3

I'm not religious, but I don't think Mother Teresa was an atheist or agnostic. She had doubts about her faith. In her line of work, I'd be surprised if she didn't, but that doesn't make her an atheist or agnostic.

Answer 4

no she wasn't. She had a crisis of faith where she felt as if she had worked while feeling an absence of God....she kept up her work, believing in the "hope" of God's promise...not because she didn't believe in it, but because she didn't "feel" it.

Having doubts or questions does not make you faithless....denying God exists does, along with rejecting His pardon from sins by faith in Jesus Christ. She had doubts, yet despite the feeling of the absence of God she continued on in hope. If anyone can ever judge Mother Theresa, it is God, certainly not anyone on this earth.

God bless her and keep her according to His will

Answer 5

She sounded depressed, and the letters captured her depressed moments. I don't think she was an all-out agnostic. The letters captured those questioning moments, I doubt they represent of 100% of her moods and beliefs.

Many people ask, "Does God exist?" Even I've asked this myself. One would think it's a common religious/spiritual question, yes?

Answer 6

Mother Theresa was a very devout Christian who loved God and everyone and helped the poor,

You cannot believe everything in the paper, they always try to discredit someone who has died

Answer 7

The woman caused others untold suffering and misery throughout her life in the name of her "faith"--now we learn that her faith wasn't even that strong.

It merely compounds the tragedy, but it's not surprising.

Answer 8

YAY! A patron saint for atheists and agnostics!!!!
Just what the Doctor ordered!

Answer 9

it's truly a shame she left such a negative example... you know serving in the devil's name all these years... one would hope that they would at least make a decent statement while living... I also heard that before he died Pope John Paul the second mention "It is all our fault" referring to the religion... you know they do say the truth will surface.. it seems to be working it through finally.


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Answer 10

I figured that with a positive body of work that did not involve her receiving funds, She could not have been religious.