Mother Teresa
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Mother Teresa, depending on your level of cynicism, is either the most recent example of a saintly person or the greatest con artist, sham charity embezzler, and sadist the world has seen in the last 50 years. (Or maybe just a deeply misguided person who put the perceived spiritual needs of those she served over their real, tangible physical needs.)
Her life is a great teaching aid for Protestant apologists, who point out that despite a lifetime of good works, she is burning in hell right now because she never said the magic words, "I Accept the Risen Jesus Christ as my Personal Lord and Savior!" Even Ted Bundy did that before he died.
She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. Being all modest and not wanting to take credit, she immediately thanked God for it and proceeded to characterise abortion as the greatest threat to world peace.[1]
[edit] The Missionary Position
In his book, The Missionary Position, author Christopher Hitchens — gasp, shock, horror! — dared criticise Mother Teresa for her work. His accusations include that she was primarily a political opportunist, abusing her fame and charity to spread her religious message, rather than help her.[2] This made him deeply unpopular with people who simply couldn't get their heads around the idea that Mother Teresa might be anything other than an absolutely perfect and spotless saint, even causing him to be angrily cut-off during an interview on Fox News. (So much for "fair and balanced.")[3] Similar criticisms were made in the "Holier Than Thou" episode of Penn & Teller's Bullshit! in 2005.
