Time magazine once again proves why they are a biased and Secular Progressive rag in their latest piece on Mother Teresa, written by atheist and anti-Christian Christopher Hitchen's. Hitchen's has attacked Mother Teresa before in his book "Missionary Positions." Before Hitchen's ever strikes a key we know exactly where he is coming from. Fair and balanced? Time does not know the meaning of that term.
What Hitchen's attacks is Mother Teresa's self expressed bouts of lengthy periods of doubt. He sees it as a clear sign that she was an atheist which he expressed in an interview by Chris Matthews on MSNBC's "Hard-ball (more like soft balls) program. "
Many great believers from our past, of all types and religious influence, have experienced lengthy bouts of agonizing doubt(s). Abraham, Moses, Solomon, Thomas, Saint John of the Cross, and even Christ himself, all lived lives of faith even through periods of doubt. Instead of condemning her for her torment, Hitchen's should be applauding her life. Those of us who have struggled with our faith can identify with her. In the words of Bob Kellermen, PHD, who reviewed "Come by my light," ......" Mother Teresa's faith was not a case study in self contradiction. Instead she placed her faith in Christ, rather than placing her faith, in her faith. Entrusting her soul to an invisible Savior, the world saw Christ in her, even when she could not see Christ in the world. "
Mother Teresa administered love and compassion in he poorest, darkest, disease infested slums in India. She saw suffering and death on a scale which most of us could never imagine, let alone experience. She helped spread her missionaries throughout the world and was awarded the Nobel prize for her humanitarian work in 1979.
Hitchen's is free to condemn the book, Come by my light. Many of the letters printed in the book were ones that Mother Teresa begged the Catholic Church to destroy. To further their agenda they have violated her trust and published them anyway. The Catholic Church is not known for their "trust." But this does not give Hitchen's a loaded gun to fire away at Mother Teresa long after her death. And time magazine joins the Catholic Church in their obvious attempt to profit from their exploitation of her......
I do understand Hitchen's philosophy as a Secular Progressive. It is the SP's agenda to damage and/or destroy organized religion in order to further their agenda of unfettered abortion, late term executions, and general debauchery geared way of life. With Christians in the way it is hard to further the agenda,,,The trouble is, 80% of Americans claim to be Christians of varying degree.
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Giving Hitchens in and of itself isn't a sign of bias. They've given fundamentalists the same opportunities to share their views on myriad issues. That doesn't make them fundamentalist any more than a discussion of Hitchens' most recent book or his views makes them "secular progressive," which is a disingenuous pigeonhole most often used by people like Bill O'Reilly who'd rather call names and make stereotypes than discuss matters in meaningful ways.
There is no "secular progressive" agenda. There is, however, an anti-intellectual backlash by those who use that term to attack those whose ideas and values don't mesh perfectly in every way with their own.
Hurrah for Mother Teresa for doubting, for showing her humanity. A big shove under the bus for any Church that betrayed her confidence.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_Warrior#.22Secular-progressives.22
The litany of issues you say the "secular progressives" are pushing aren't limited to secularists or progressives. Many religious people support abortion rights. Many religious people support gay marriage and gay rights (or as I prefer to call it, human rights). Many religious people support separation of church and state and don't think public schools are appropriate venues for promoting religion or that public spaces are appropriate places for religious symbols to be displayed -- and not all those religious people opposing such things are progressive. Many secularists oppose gay rights, abortion, etc.
Two questions. Would you call me a secular progressive? Why?