Mother Theresa an Atheist?

A few days ago, a book revealing that Mother Theresa was shaky on her belief has just been released. From her letters:

"I call, I cling, I want ... and there is no One to answer ... no One on Whom I can cling ... no, No One. Alone ... Where is my Faith ... even deep down right in there is nothing, but emptiness & darkness ... My God ... how painful is this unknown pain ... I have no Faith ... I dare not utter the words & thoughts that crowd in my heart ... & make me suffer untold agony.

So many unanswered questions live within me afraid to uncover them ... because of the blasphemy ... If there be God ... please forgive me ... When I try to raise my thoughts to Heaven there is such convicting emptiness that those very thoughts return like sharp knives & hurt my very soul. I am told God loves me ... and yet the reality of darkness & coldness & emptiness is so great that nothing touches my soul."

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Whose God is God Anyway

Syzygy Mandaea writes on religious intolerance

Speaking of hell. Later on in my school career, we had emotional sessions in the Chapel once every year. These events, titled 'Challenge Weekends' were not for the faint-hearted. Speakers, loud music, dance and the menacing use of scripture was utilised in ensuring only the most obdurate did not attain salvation and give themselves over to Christ. I was most terrified of one movie that was used to drive home the point that if we did not comply with the threats of hell-fire, we were likely to die any day and be punished for eternity. In the movie, a young man of 20 met a gruesome death in a car accident before descending into the burners, eternally damned.

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