On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 21:05:23 -0500 John Thornton <jthorn65 at mchsi.com>
writes:
>
> >That's like Mother Teresa not giving painkillers to the terminally
> ill
> >because Heaven awaits them.
> >
> >Doug
>
> I thought I read somewhere that she had basically been accused of
> this very
> thing? Also denying access to antibiotics that would have interfered
> in
> "Gods Plan" for them. Since I am fairly ambivalent concerning the
> great
> mother superior I have not bothered to read more concerning those
> allegations to ascertain their validity. Anyone know what truth, if
> any,
> there is to a claim like this?
That claim was made by Christopher Hitchens (ya, that Chris Hitchens) in his book *The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice*, also see online: http://www.secularhumanism.org/library/fi/hitchens_16_4.html http://slate.msn.com/id/2090083/ http://www.lipmagazine.org/articles/featpostel_56.htm
>
> John Thornton
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