2007-08-26 12:52:58 · 7 answers · asked by Mr. Bodhisattva 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
though mother theresa may have questioned god...she never stoped worshipping him and doing what he called on her to do...i believe mother theresa is saintly...though she might have questioned god she kept on helping the people of calcutta (she never turned atheist like all the other people on here) i heard that it might help her to become a saint faster because it shows that even people of god aren't perfect!
2007-08-26 13:25:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
God could very well be a placebo. To Mother Teresa's credit she didn't let her doubt and lack of any positive reinforcement from God stop what she did.
She could have made a stronger statement by going public with her doubts, and yet continued to do her good work rather than put on the fake facade.
2007-08-26 20:04:23 · answer #2 · answered by astatine 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think each of us regardless of the belief system we follow has had at some time doubts about the core of our belief. I believe Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, all have had such doubts at some point in their practice. This is only a natural part of the journey. But it's what one does with the questioning that makes the difference. If one succumbs to their doubts and leaves their belief system it is a tragedy. If one, in spite of the doubts, strengthens their resolve the belief is strengthened significantly. It's like a bone that has broken and heals properly--the bone is thicker and stronger at the point of the old fracture.
May all be at peace.
John
2007-08-26 20:14:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree Mother Teresa was strong and also humble. Most if not all believers will wrestle with dark periods, of doubt or the like as she did, but it doesn't mean God has left us. You have to stick by the will of God and try to get through the difficult trials. Those revelations are being used to attack the Faith in my opinion.
2007-08-26 20:11:25 · answer #4 · answered by sunny days are here 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It makes her look very hypocritical. It's one thing to question your faith, but from what I've read, she had essentially lost her faith and stopped praying years ago. But she still preached the tenets of the faith she no longer had. She seemed to think it was better for women to have babies they could not care for than to use contraception or end a pregnancy.
Somehow, I keep thinking she may have had a sort of Munchausen's syndrome (by proxy) where she tended to the poor to gain admiration but never really did anything to alleviate the poverty in the places she served. Granted, that would have been a tall order, but she just kept putting bandages over bullet wounds. The suffering of others seemed to give her life meaning, which is why she couldn't take steps to end it.
2007-08-26 22:56:16 · answer #5 · answered by VeggieTart -- Let's Go Caps! 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
What a courageous woman !! To go through this world on pure head faith and guts for 80 some years; doing good to the poorest and sickest of people. She is highly esteemed in my eyes.
Ramification: One, those who 'don't feel it'....Jesus' presence or holy roly feelings - are without excuse. A woman of God, a Chosen woman, pioneered that path. Some, don't get to 'feel' it; they hear, believe and live accordingly.
Two. Maybe later.
Maranantha
2007-08-26 20:23:19 · answer #6 · answered by Bill S 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nothing there that most people of faith haven't personally dealt with ... to one degree or another.
2007-08-26 21:56:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋