Christopher Hitchens on Mother Teresa

[@wardog5537]

Damn, the dude named the book "the missionary position" 😂, he was out for blood on that one

[@roddyboethius1722]

Hitch knew how to capture an audience with cutting words

[@fasterpussycatkillkill9650]

He originally wanted to name it “Hell’s Angel”.

[@albertfinney1328]

That title, was not his first choice, ithis one was somehow less offensive. Hitchens was revolted by him, should be father Teresa. He did not work for sick. He worked for the vatican and was connected with to Jeffery E.

[@SethMacLeod95]

No doubt Hitchens was a savage 😂👏🏻

[@albertfinney1328]

@@SethMacLeod95 Nothing of the kind. Incredible intellect and sharp wit, not afraid to insult, which there is too little of these days. "just accept'' is a poor excuse for living.

[@karenschroeder1918]

Love Christopher..he is so thoughtful in his responses. So sad he is not here.

[@DB-qw6xq]

On the other hand, Hitchens wrote a 98-page book on Mother Teresa with no footnotes, no endnotes, no bibliography, no attribution at all, just 98 pages of unsupported opinion. Hitchens' attacks directed at Mother Teresa all boil down to one single crime: she endeavored to be a Christian, in the most literal sense of the word. The simple reality is that Hitchens (like other aggressive atheists/secularists) attack that which they singularly fail to understand. His vicious attacks on those trying to make the world a better place should be buried in the history of arrogance!!

[@vidkidz83]

Genevieve Chenard agrees with Hitch. Google the Canadian study on this "saints" shittiness. You wont. Most religious sycophants dont ascribe to rational thinking patterns. ​@DB-qw6xq

[@joeanthony7759]

@@DB-qw6xqHe did his research. You have not. As he asks, what do you know of that she actually did to alleviate the suffering of anyone? Appearances could be deceiving.

[@damianedwards8827]

UH OH. The Problem Atheists have is, They Unnecessarily Overcomplicate it God is simply the Existence of Love. Everybody Believes Love exists Simple. But infinite in Power and Expression. To ignore the Reality of that Is not only Unfortunate It’s Shameful

[@aidanjoyce3248]

The empty bollox wasn't thoughtful at all.

[@mythgreatbritain5634]

Didn't take that long for pinkerton to be forgotten....but the great Christopher Hitchens name lives on.

[@DB-qw6xq]

In your head maybe!

[@MOGGS1942]

@@DB-qw6xq Cheap post.

[@Huhdoebruh]

@@DB-qw6xqyou’re literally on a video of hitch right now. His name quite literally lives on past his death, thanks to YOU viewing this

[@wesleysmith5275]

@@DB-qw6xq pshh big pinkerton fan huh? LOL

[@JohnDoe-lx3dt]

@@DB-qw6xqyet here you are to watch at the mention of his name.

[@alexbaxter3730]

This is a great example of how people who have a criticism or argument against whatever Hitchens' believes, never seem to have an actual point

[@Mcfreddo]

Christopher Hitchens didn't believe anything about the Teresa woman. He went and saw her squalid help the sick and dying dump for the unfortunate and yet millions passed through her hands. She was all about money making and the moral double standards for the catholic church.

[@DB-qw6xq]

On the other hand, Hitchens wrote a 98-page book on Mother Teresa with no footnotes, no endnotes, no bibliography, no attribution at all, just 98 pages of unsupported opinion. Hitchens' attacks directed at Mother Teresa all boil down to one single crime: she endeavored to be a Christian, in the most literal sense of the word. The simple reality is that Hitchens (like other aggressive atheists/secularists) attack that which they singularly fail to understand. His vicious attacks on those trying to make the world a better place should be buried in the history of arrogance!!

[@alexbaxter3730]

@@DB-qw6xq Okay so the Vatican has bots now 😂

[@Coltnz1]

@@DB-qw6xq “Unsupported opinion” A lot of his,opinions were written after he had visited MT’s ‘hospitals’. What did you find when you visited them?

[@que2h.690]

Good point!

[@drewsarkisian9375]

Pinkerton was completely outclassed here. And it's absolutely hilarious he calls nuns feminists.

[@johnhalverson4521]

Hitch never gets upset. Just eloquently addresses the accusation.

[@ishowinertia]

He often got upset.

[@DB-qw6xq]

Aspergers Syndrome perhaps?

[@MLIVCH]

@@ishowinertiahe never let it unravel him

[@Dr_Wrong]

He did, but he always had to tell us..

[@Dr_Wrong]

He did get upset. We know that because, when he did, he always told us.

[@oncall21]

Hitchens is 100% correct. In 2004 I spent two months volunteering in Mother Teresa’s ‘Prem Dam’ (House of the Dying). It was like being in Auschwitz instead of a centre to treat the sick. No doctor, no nurses but nuns with no medical experience and no intention to administer any medical treatment. One shaver for over 100 men to share, no pain killers, antibiotics, etc. Hitchens is correct in saying that if you haven’t been to Calcutta (Kolkata) then you have no idea about what went on and sadly still does. My channel ‘Oncall21’ shows a 7 minute document that I filmed with a hidden camera. I’ll never set foot in a Catholic Church ever again.

[@justalonesoul5825]

Oh, because the tens of thousands of cases of children raped by catholic priests were not already enough? The position of women in society according to the church? The absence of right to dispose of your own body? The lies and manipulation? The hinderance of human progress, science, knowledge, truth?

[@j.knight9335]

Those people would have died alone in the gutter if it wasn't for her. You fools act as if she had a hidden mountain of gold she was withholding.

[@oncall21]

@@j.knight9335 you’re right. It all went to the Vatican. Unless you volunteered there and saw first hand what went on you have no understanding of the level of corruption and negligence that went on. Sister Nirmalla told a reporter it’s God’s money!

[@fs1512]

@@j.knight9335 she did have very large donations which she turned over to the Vatican.

[@j.knight9335]

@@fs1512 Source?

[@dave8323]

This Pinkerton guy was incredibly out of his depth. Anyone a fan of the pope has by definition a lack in critical judgement

[@JustoJuarezIII]

From the looks of him, probably a lover of little boys

[@kazkk2321]

I love his expose of mother Teresa. He was brave

[@omalone1169]

Hiw did you find this

[@DB-qw6xq]

On the other hand, Hitchens wrote a 98-page book on Mother Teresa with no footnotes, no endnotes, no bibliography, no attribution at all, just 98 pages of unsupported opinion. Hitchens' attacks directed at Mother Teresa all boil down to one single crime: she endeavored to be a Christian, in the most literal sense of the word. The simple reality is that Hitchens (like other aggressive atheists/secularists) attack that which they singularly fail to understand. His vicious attacks on those trying to make the world a better place should be buried in the history of arrogance!!

[@albertfinney1328]

@@DB-qw6xq You express the cultured views of many. Catholic church has conned a very great many. A bold statement? Do you know popes are, were, caesars? Far from benign. Hoarders who had 34 quadrillion dollars in gold, not to mention other vast riches, even owned the land DC is on. On and on. They took, not gave. Brace yourself. All is changing and I hope most divulged about the extraordinary avarice and disregard for humanity as wealth for power is gathered by unimaginable means.

[@kymkryptic]

@@DB-qw6xqlol

[@albertfinney1328]

@@omalone1169 Hitchens mother teresa search should find it if anyone interested. I believe my local library has the book, wonder of wonders.

[@lazloholt262]

"He did not write his memoirs and in my judgement could not have read them either." F-ing savage

[@louisdawes2337]

For someone to say an old catholic nun is a symbol of female empowerment is complete lunacy

[@louisdawes2337]

@@Chad_Max well if you think about the specific things she did, like the way she treated people in her homes for the dying, the people she took money from, and her weird strict catholic beliefs, it doesnt paint her as the best person

[@vuongminhe.p1998]

@@Chad_Max accumulated millions of dollars for herself you mean. according to forbes, only 7% of the donation were ever used for charity, not to mention the abysmal state she ran it

[@ClementGreen]

'I've never heard such concentrated nonsense in my whole life': we love you Christopher!

[@DB-qw6xq]

On the other hand, Hitchens wrote a 98-page book on Mother Teresa with no footnotes, no endnotes, no bibliography, no attribution at all, just 98 pages of unsupported opinion. Hitchens' attacks directed at Mother Teresa all boil down to one single crime: she endeavored to be a Christian, in the most literal sense of the word. The simple reality is that Hitchens (like other aggressive atheists/secularists) attack that which they singularly fail to understand. His vicious attacks on those trying to make the world a better place should be buried in the history of arrogance!!

[@ClementGreen]

@@DB-qw6xq I'd love to read it. Unfortunately it's very expensive: CH always said it sold particularly well at Christmas. I've got the Trial of Henry Kissinger, which looks to be about the same length, so I'll read that one and see if it rings true at all. Personally I find that a great many excuses are made for those who purport to act in the name of Christianity: child-raping Catholic priests and brothers are swept under the Christian carpet, and others who have condemned Jews, women, blacks, gays, and now trans people throughout the ages do so in the name of God. Those who want to deny women the right bodily autonomy and medical treatment like Mother Teresa are also bound up in this mystery.

[@JD_13]

@@DB-qw6xq​​⁠​⁠​⁠no, he boils his argument down to 98 pages. YOU boiled his arguments down to “one single crime”. Answer a single thing he says, and i’ll make it easy for you, answer a single thing he says in this video. And before you hypocritically prejudge someone based on their belief, i am not an atheist. What say you.

[@JD_13]

As I thought.

[@Dr_Wrong]

Christians even approve the murder of their god. Nothing appalls them, horror is their bread and butter.

[@acesovernines]

Christopher Hitchens - they just don't make them like him anymore

[@TiredDem]

Now they have some clown named Richard Dawkins.

[@DB-qw6xq]

On the other hand, Hitchens wrote a 98-page book on Mother Teresa with no footnotes, no endnotes, no bibliography, no attribution at all, just 98 pages of unsupported opinion. Hitchens' attacks directed at Mother Teresa all boil down to one single crime: she endeavored to be a Christian, in the most literal sense of the word. The simple reality is that Hitchens (like other aggressive atheists/secularists) attack that which they singularly fail to understand. His vicious attacks on those trying to make the world a better place should be buried in the history of arrogance!!

[@ShikataGaNai100]

@@DB-qw6xq How many times are you going to spam this bullshit?

[@AdamOBrien29]

​@@DB-qw6xqspamming the same shit over and over doesn't give you credibility

[@Mwstmrlnd]

The number of visionary thinkers who never see airtime or fame is far greater than those who do. What we witness in people like Hitchens is sample bias. Just because we don't see people like him put forward in media doesn't mean they don't exist, just that they aren't popularized.

[@riftster313]

Best thing about Hitchens was when foolish or arrogant people asked him for receipts. Oh he's got them - memorized, factually accurate, and in order of importance and occurrence...

[@kidslovesatan34]

Absolutely, he could be devastating. The second biggest mistake would be trying to get him with a gotcha question - because his interlocutor would swiftly get a Hitchslap that they'd never recover from.

[@mehtaabsandhu6969]

She wasn’t a saint but cruel and fanatical. As an Indian i am ashamed that we call her a saint.

[@marspp]

She was the Jimmy Savile of religion. Pinkerton is stuttering because he hasn’t actually got anything to say. He’s a typical believer “I know it’s true, so I don’t actually have to evidence it. Because I BELIEVE!””

[@nielspemberton59]

Another "Conservative" mindless clone. Sad.

[@albertfinney1328]

"Jimmy Saville of religion." WELL STATED! FAITH is believing in something for which there is no EVIDENCE, but what is PURPORTED to be. Medicine, also, was deliberately designed as a religion--the best means to control a population. And Fauci, another a racketeer on the world stage, who also paraded himself as 'force for good', is said to have been fathered by, "her". Depth of the deceptions in this world of lies, to date, are astonishing.

[@marspp]

@@albertfinney1328 please provide some evidence that medicine was started as a religion. That’s just bullshit.

[@TiredDem]

Wait, wait…Theresa was a Savile in a dress? 🤯

[@albertfinney1328]

@@TiredDem savillie in a dress? Hummm. Total disgregard for well-being of any but themselves? False fronts. Both male.

[@chrisAclaes]

The guest opposite Hitchens referring to anti-contraceptive nuns as feminist role models was truly something.

[@zhcterry1]

I think one of Hitchens' major arguments against religion is that it makes an otherwise kind and moral person say and do immoral things. Which more often than not, we actually see in this interaction with religious people. The whole idea that there is moral authority blocks the moral judgments of those people. Their logic, experience, or even emotion might tell them it's immoral, but since God have a different opinion, who are we fallable humans from questioning the omnipotent and omnibenevolant creator. If they already accept certain action as moral, you can't even debate them about the morality of the issues because by doing so, you've cast doubt on the very moral authority that is fundamental to their belief and it will quickly turn from a moral debate into a religious debate. The only time you might convince them is that they change their interpretation of the scripture in so far as to preserve the holiness and the infallibility of the divine. I went to church with some of my uni friends back in the days, and to my absolute horror, the pastor said something amounting to that rape victim getting pregnant is God's plan. And I just can't bring myself to go back ever again. My friends were really nice people, and I never imagined I had to debate them on whether or not a woman getting pregnant from rape is God's plan.

[@MLIVCH]

Yeah like where is this guy now haha

[@zhcterry1]

@sandman4663 and it's always disadvantages when conversing with most religious people. They already have the moral high ground because they think they havemoral authority on their side. while as an atheist, I accept my fallability and am willing to concede and change my mind. I understand context matters, and there are nuances in situations because, as an atheist, I have no absolute moral authority. I grow, and I learn, and I try to be better because there is no ultimate answer as to what it means to be moral, to be kind, or even to be human. And the issue with religion is that it's all-encompassing. Everything is religion. People live to serve God. Every action can be attributed to God, so the big G isn't just moral authority. It's absolute authority over everything. What is human law to the word of God? If a community believes that a person has repented for his sins, moral and righteous people will actually shield him from the law. We see it in the news it's bonkers.

[@MLIVCH]

@@zhcterry1 it’s the reason Thomas Jefferson included seperation from church and state in the constitution. Just adding to what you said there!

[@zhcterry1]

@MLIVCH yes. I'm Singaporean, and religion really needs to keep to itself. Because if one major religion's absolute authority is causing trouble, Singapore will turn into a war zone if all of our religions want their religious authority to decide laws. I respect religious people as long as they respect the secular state.

[@ms.annthrope415]

Hitch had facts and examples right off the top of his head. Intellectual firepower in the nuclear level, devastating lesser mortals. Most importantly, he called out hypocrisy, false faith, and ignorance.

[@sehlordhorr8540]

He did just release a book about what they’re talking about 🤷🏻‍♂️ lol

[@cshubs]

Hitch's smile as he began to respond to the reporter was exquisite. He was like, "I've got a few things to say to this poor, young, naive, ignorant man."

[@chandrakantshanbhag3058]

Osho opinion on THERESA is also important.OSHO always called her as singularly as Theresa.(Not MOTHER).

[@Dr_Wrong]

Imagine the horror of having _that smile_ aimed at you.. 😲😲

[@ContinentsEdge]

What is remarkable about Pinkerton’s response was that it was no-response. It was as if he had been asked to join an interview on whom he thought would be the best team for the next World Series. His questions, comments and rejoinders were so vapid that he was left sputtering. Maybe he has learned to do his homework or stay home.

[@AlistairClive-vz4dh]

Thank you Mr Hitchens for exposing this horrible woman.

[@DB-qw6xq]

On the other hand, Hitchens wrote a 98-page book on Mother Teresa with no footnotes, no endnotes, no bibliography, no attribution at all, just 98 pages of unsupported opinion. Hitchens' attacks directed at Mother Teresa all boil down to one single crime: she endeavored to be a Christian, in the most literal sense of the word. The simple reality is that Hitchens (like other aggressive atheists/secularists) attack that which they singularly fail to understand. His vicious attacks on those trying to make the world a better place should be buried in the history of arrogance!!

[@AlistairClive-vz4dh]

@@DB-qw6xq vicious attacks is what is needed, the evidence was obvious, people were literally laying on the floor, she openly exposed herself & there have been a few people & journalists who reported the exact things. Sky daddy can't do nothing when his own preachers are allowed to rape alter boys because the wizard doesn't exist 😉

[@ShikataGaNai100]

@@DB-qw6xq How many times are you going to spam post this mindless drivel? BTW, stop liking your own posts.

[@nielspemberton59]

ABSOLUTELY !!!!

[@ennuiii]

Cry harder​@@DB-qw6xq

[@silver152]

When ever I see Christopher I have to say to myself how much I miss him ❤

[@leslierao2772]

Me too

[@dtquinn100]

me three

[@cdcanada7182]

She has been exposed by many more authors now. She was a twisted monster.

[@albertfinney1328]

And deified by the catholic church despite Hitchens efforts to expose this creature, parading as a little nun tirelessly working for the unwell. Jet setting old b-tch.

[@nielspemberton59]

She was not a monster. She had some serious psycho-social issues. She did do some good. But it was not free service. She expected something (conversion to Roman Catholiism) in return.

[@kstar1489]

@@nielspemberton59so, a monster

[@borninvincible]

@@kstar1489straight up

[@stephaniewilliams9469]

Fauci’s biological mother. He was groomed and placed into his position, just as she was….

[@leslielandberg5620]

Chris Hitchens is a national treasure. He is fantastic.

[@TucoBenedicto]

Well, he WAS. but sure.

[@hnnsy]

He was also "Christopher". He absolutely hated having his name shortened.

[@MeeEee-ge1zg]

@@TucoBenedicto Christopher. Always is.

[@TxxT33]

International*

[@DB-qw6xq]

On the other hand, Hitchens wrote a 98-page book on Mother Teresa with no footnotes, no endnotes, no bibliography, no attribution at all, just 98 pages of unsupported opinion. Hitchens' attacks directed at Mother Teresa all boil down to one single crime: she endeavored to be a Christian, in the most literal sense of the word. The simple reality is that Hitchens (like other aggressive atheists/secularists) attack that which they singularly fail to understand. His vicious attacks on those trying to make the world a better place should be buried in the history of arrogance!!

[@estebancomulet]

Can’t believe ppl still say “she’s no mother Theresa”. I just reply “you mean a psychotic sadist?”

[@AnneAndersonFoxiepaws]

Yes, I was just thinking that!

[@solitaryman777]

It's the power of shorthand thinking, when you have to extemporaneously come up with an example of a concept, like a saint, someone saintly. It's kind of like when an atheist is startled and exclaims "Jesus!" as a response. I mean, who else is a good example? Not everybody thinks Fred Rogers or Dolly Parton right away like I do. A buncha conservatives certainly don't think so.

[@Loquacious_Jackson]

And Gandhi hated black people!

[@mw5356]

The most simple but profound question “how do you know” was not answered.

[@electrawolf5855]

Hitch wipes the floor with this idiot Pinkerton. I love and miss you, HItchens.

[@MOGGS1942]

As he did with most people who had the gall to debate him.

[@shedesires5627]

I am so sick and tired of people assuming someone is thoroughly good just because they've done some good which should be overshadowed by their terrible deeds.

[@Firemarioflower]

Or because the media and culture portrays it that way. We people need to learn to think for ourselves, instead of absorbing all that crap from celebraties and pundits, authorities, journalists, 'experts' scientists and all these other arrogant yobos who are part of the cultural elite. THINK with a critical mind. The generations after us aren't taught that in school anymore.

[@Firemarioflower]

Or the opposite. Like the fact that so many people think that Trump is the spawn of Satan or something.

[@judithwerner5301]

She did very little genuine good.

[@tgriffin3059]

@@judithwerner5301 Somehow, if you were ill or suffering, I imagine you'd find a bit more warmth for her...think Hitch would wait on you hand and foot while you died? When life gets real, and immediate, all those sardonic quips that you people find so charming....really don't amount to much...

[@TiffyVella1]

You cant claim what the deceased people from Mother Theresa's Homes For the Dying wanted or experienced. I personally know that if I had a terminal illness, I would want medical treatment to help, and if that weren't possible, to receive actual palliative care with actual medical relief. We do know for a fact that that is exactly what Mother Theresa chose for herself- to die in a clean clinic with actual clean beds and 1st world medical attention, rather than dying on a dirty floor with someone rubbing your head saying "there there you remind me of a suffering Jesus" while any money got pocketed. Mother Theresa chose not to die in the same conditions that she subjected thousands of others to. Not sardonic, just true. Replying to tgriffin3059.

[@travismcgee100]

2:25 -- Hitchens: "Though she [Mother Teresa] has praised Princess Diana for getting out of her [Diana's] own marriage because she [Mother Teresa] has become a friend of Princess Diana. So that's all right because as is not untypical of people like her, she [Mother Teresa] is a seller of indulgences to the very rich while a preacher of resignation and submission to the poor who she's [Mother Teresa has] helped to fleece."

[@justalonesoul5825]

Brutal point. I love it.

[@lgreen2475]

The world lost a great son. Heretic extrordinaire. He was a vital critical voice. So eloquent and acutely sharp. Its the worlds loss.

[@DB-qw6xq]

On the other hand, Hitchens wrote a 98-page book on Mother Teresa with no footnotes, no endnotes, no bibliography, no attribution at all, just 98 pages of unsupported opinion. Hitchens' attacks directed at Mother Teresa all boil down to one single crime: she endeavored to be a Christian, in the most literal sense of the word. The simple reality is that Hitchens (like other aggressive atheists/secularists) attack that which they singularly fail to understand. His vicious attacks on those trying to make the world a better place should be buried in the history of arrogance!!

[@lgreen2475]

@@DB-qw6xq it wasn't all conjecture. He was an investigate journalist remember. He would not be critical unless he had done his fact checking. No way would he ruin his reputation on guesswork.

[@Medalsforfucktards]

@@DB-qw6xqCTRL + C, CTRL + V. Argumentation at its peak.

[@justalonesoul5825]

@@DB-qw6xq on the other hand,you are just seething and copy/pasting this comment, probably because you feel personally attacked because you are religious. Cringe, not based at all.

[@georgemoore7186]

Hitch doesn't hate Teresa, he is just stating facts and asking questions that very few are brave enough to ask, the facts do not support Teresa being a saint, simple as that!

[@Dr_Wrong]

Ofc "the facts DO support Teresa being a saint". ..To the evil, a _demon_ is a saint..

[@georgemoore7186]

@@Dr_Wrong When the legend becomes a fact, print the Legend

[@Dr_Wrong]

@@georgemoore7186 I don't even know what that means.. 😕

[@georgemoore7186]

@@Dr_Wrong It means that Teresa is a Legend and the legend has been repeated enough times that it has become a fact in the minds of the Public, regardless of the "real" facts that dispute the legend, people still want to believe the legend while ignoring the facts, you're living proof!

[@Dr_Wrong]

@@georgemoore7186 Oh, I see. Lets imagine we live in hell and love it.. Those working their way up Hell's 'ziggurat of success' would be those best at being 'evil.' Like opposite day. Hell's "saints" _(from hell's pov)_ are those most flamboyantly wicked. Now lets imagine the same denizens of hell but without hell.. Catholics perhaps.. Now you've just got a group of evil people.. When they vote on who should be 'sainted' to _"represent"_ their most fundamental "values" _(hurt others!)_ they will choose from amongst the most vile to honor as 'evil saint'.. anti-saints if you please.. Teresa is just a continuation of evil honoring evil. ..To the evil, a _demon_ is their saint..

[@AndreaMcMaster]

I love the woman at 6:58. Her arguments really crashed and burned as the truth came out. Reagan never negotiated, he was becoming less and less coherent as his second term went along, so much so that Nancy Reagan and the Chief of Staff are both ON RECORD as stating that if he ever wanted to make any kind of military move, especially with the launch codes, they were both to be called first. He was suffering from Alzheimer's and never should have been allowed to run for a second term, much less finish it. It was, as Gorbachev said, Chernobyl that did in the Soviet Union. His reforms could not be implemented. Reagan was also responsible for Iran/Contra, which is a national stain on us to this day.

[@timpemberly9889]

Iran/contra was nothing

[@Dr_Wrong]

Good thing Presidents are useless, huh?

[@justalonesoul5825]

@@timpemberly9889 waw, you have such strong arguments. /s Iran/Contra was obviously an utter shame. Only a delirious and delusional CIA fanboi would even dare to say the contrary.

[@ChrisM-zm4li]

It sucks how so many evil people get to live a life of being worshiped and are only exposed once they die.

[@Jamesrs7]

God is real.

[@ChrisM-zm4li]

@@Jamesrs7 So are flying invisible elephants. Prove they aren't.

[@nickwood8203]

@@ChrisM-zm4li anyone with true faith knows the ridiculousness of that idea. Don’t come crying to me when the one true Rick Sanchez comes back to judge you for your lack of faith in him

[@epiphany55]

@@Jamesrs7 Evidence, genius.

[@lizxfun]

​@@nickwood8203 so they *know* through their faith? and faith is believing something without evidence or reasoning... genius

[@arrivagabry]

There will never be another Chris Hitchens

[@jtnachos]

Let's hope there will be. Greatly needed.

[@DB-qw6xq]

Thank goodness!

[@ShikataGaNai100]

He did not approve of being called Chris...he did prefer Christopher or Hitch.

[@Dr_Wrong]

All praise Christopher, the one True Hitch..

[@virginiacharlotte7007]

@@ShikataGaNai100interesting, given that the name ‘Christopher’ means ‘bearer of Christ’.

[@maryclaremayo6157]

Mother Teresa was no Mother Teresa.

[@NewFalconerRecords]

I've often said that "I'm no Mother Teresa" either. Now I don't know who I am anymore.

[@playdiscgolf1546]

“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.” Jesus

[@nonegone7170]

'beware of cultists, which come to you cloaked as kind people, but inwardly are the closest thing to devils that exist.' -Me

[@p_booth_fan]

Ironic 😂

[@OddityDK]

@@p_booth_fan I was just about to write the same thing 👍

[@DanielGarcia-rx3kt]

Makes me think of Jordan Peterson.

[@active6302]

Yep, that's Hitch

[@harryfyhr4010]

"I was laying on the beach in Nantucket is the first line of a limerick,isn't it?"

[@stonebud]

Many people in India know her true colours

[@nielspemberton59]

GREAT ! Many people in America also know her true colours.

[@AtamMardes]

"Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool." Voltaire

[@ricardocantoral7672]

I don't like that "fool" slur. The fact of the matter is, not everyone seeking religion is foolish and incapable of rational thought.

[@nielspemberton59]

I am spiritual but I am NOT religious because to me, being religious means, you must embrace dogma. I cannot in good conscience embrace dogma.

[@Dr_Wrong]

Only the evil seek religion. Only the good seek god. But only the fool _finds_ god.. And only the nerd quotes starwars about 'absolutes'. 😉

[@AtamMardes]

@@ricardocantoral7672 Whether you like it or not, the fact is that only a fool believes & considers as sacred the fairy tales & myths of a book just because the book claims itself to be the holy truth.

[@AtamMardes]

@@ricardocantoral7672 A simple question: Animals want to live their lives just like u do. U thank God for giving life to u & also for giving life to animals for u to take their lives & eat them. Don't u see how they've tricked you to believe in an imaginary God by fooling u to arrogantly ignoring your hypocrisy & narcissism?

[@melhudson6832]

There is no feminist example to be had through the subservient example of nuns. Actual feminists are revolted by the suggestion of a group of men having more say than any woman.

[@gretazabulyte872]

"concentrated nonsense", loved that

[@MeeEee-ge1zg]

Nailed it

[@Dr_Wrong]

Some are word-smiths, hitch was a word-wizard. 😂

[@FoxSullivan]

I just learned of Christ Hitchens' existence. I cannot believe I never heard of him; most likely because I'm not American. What a guy. I love the way he words his opinions, and how he backs them up with facts. I had no idea about how horrible Mother Teresa was; but her story always gave me mixed feelings. Happy to see that my gut was right about her.

[@thomassmyth65]

I just found his book mortality and I've also never heard of him, he's a great writer

[@saywhat664]

He was British, I said “ was” because he is dead after long flight with cancer. RIP Chris…he was one of greatest minds of our generation.

[@kaushikvelidandla7010]

‘Christopher’

[@nielspemberton59]

I've read that book and it confirmed my suspicions about her.

[@DjAlanBarratt]

​@saywhat664 well he became an American citizen and gave up his British citizenship, so technically he was American

[@electrawolf5855]

Hitch is one of my heroes. I love him.

[@Dr_Wrong]

Why dontcha marry him then!? Ha ha just kidding 🤣

[@peterney2402]

My mother detested her and said such things to me long before hitchens wrote his book.

[@cathypotter7824]

My mom did too.

[@margreetanceaux3906]

So did mine!

[@margreetanceaux3906]

My mom got triggered by the always spotless, perfectly ironed white dress: "not only didn’t she herself lift a finger, but she must have people serving her".

[@nielspemberton59]

I first heard about her in 8th grade @ the School for Contemporary Education (a secular alternative school) and how my teachers gushed about how wonderful Mother Teresa was. And even if I do not come from a Catholic religion background, I accepted it. But then I read that book by Mr., Hitchens in 1996 and it opened my eyes. Thank you Mr. Hitchens for opening my eyes. I am Spiritual but I 'm not religious. And I believe that Karma is real. So, I would rather do that right thing because it is the right thing to do than out of any religious imperative. Because THAT is a pathetic and dangerous way to live. Mother Teresa offends me because 1. She was a fundamentalist campaigner who dared to cloak her fundamentalist agenda in humanitarianism, (A lot of people were taken in by this, including President Reagan, Queen Elizabeth Windsor, The Norwegian Nobel Committee C/O Mr. John Sannes, The Prime Minister of the Republic of India Ms. Indira Ghandi, the director of Unicef , Governor Cuomo of New York etc.) 2. She never ever criticized the complex economic and social structures that make people poor. 3. She wanted the poor to accept their lot instead of calling for true empowerment of people like the Grameen Bank and the Tontines (Self-help societies) of Sub-Saharan Africa. 4. She thought that sick people suffering in pain would ennoble them and bring them closer to God. This is why she did not provide adequate medications to people in her hospices in India and elsewhere. (NEVER in the developed World") By not giving adequate medications she made people sicker and some died as a result. This is sadistic. 5. She dared to cloak her real ulterior motive for doing good; in works of charity. What was her real motive ? It was to convert as many people to Catholicism as possible, even at the expense of the poor and sick. She had her sisters take advantage of vulnerable, helpless people by converting them when they were sick. To me and others it is unethical to do this. 6. She was obsessed with abortion. To such an extent that she said she would not judge a person or couple , b/t when it came to a woman in a family who wanted to adopt 1 of her orphans, sne would refuse to let the couple adopt. And she insisted that adopted orphans go to CATHOLIC families. The hypocrisy is brazen. 7. She was against divorce for Mr & Ms. Harry and Joan Sixpack, but when it came to one of her rich pals (Charles & Diana) it was ok with her. 8. She was a control freak in her order, mandating excessive poverty, and unawareness for her sisters. In sum, she was overrated and hyped by a credulous and uncritical press. She did do some good but the good she did was narrowly constrained by her faith and its accompanying dogma. She was as indoctrinated as any North Korean bureaucrat or Iranian Mullah. I'd rather do what good I can do because it is fair and right with no HIDDEN Motive.

[@Moamanly]

@@nielspemberton59 Paragraphs! They make it easier to read.

[@alanread4763]

The original " TWISTED SISTER". Just stating the glaringly obvious!!

[@Skydv2005]

"I've never heard such concentrated nonsense in my life." Brilliant. I am going to use that.

[@Dr_Wrong]

Careful though, it takes a special person to 'perfect' nonsense.. 🤣

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

Mother Teresa believed and had said that poor people SHOULD suffer "as Christ did". As Christopher says here, she did not clothe these people or treat their conditions to help them recover. She gave them a place TO die, not to recover. She actually said that people should not wear condoms even to help prevent the spread of AIDS in Africa back when AIDS was still a huge problem and Africa was the number one spot to get it. Not necessarily evil, but just so woefully misguided that it actually got people killed.

[@wilhelmvonn9619]

I would say that definitely evil, beyond a doubt.

[@21Diddley]

No man has the right to tell feminists who their feminist icon should be. I can happily state that as a feminist I won't, don't, never have and never will regard anyone who follows all the tenets of the Roman Catholic church as a feminist icon. There are very few organisations that have harmed as many women institutionally as the RC church, and Mother Teresa was just another espouser of that faith which subjugated women, and expected us to be thankful for doing so. I'm with Christopher Hitchens on this one, despite being brought up to think Mother Teresa should be a saint.

[@Dr_Wrong]

No one has the right to tell me what I can tell others.

[@garysouza95]

Hitchens is hilarious as he waits to pounce.

[@sadaboutit]

wish he had lived longer, intelligent, well spoken and as honest as the day is long...lion of a man

[@LolaLaRue-sq6jm]

Don't be such a hero worshipper. He was full of crap plenty of times. But not about this pious fraud.

[@ContinentsEdge]

I’m not hero worshipping - he was a beautiful man. A man who could offer a hint to other men - don’t develop your muscles, develop your mind and women will swoon. Little known secret of appeal…..

[@ritawing1064]

Arouo Chatterjee's book is a must read on this thorny subject.

[@whagalazk.]

Hitchens, sorely missed. He was like a modern day spartan, an unyeilding hero in the defens of freedom and truth against the wicked powers trying to corrupt the world.

[@a.t.3192]

Comparing Hitch to Spartans is a strange point. They were a genocidal, slave-owning, mass-raping society of eugenicist maniacs.

[@Thinkforwardnow]

Funk mother Teresa! Long live the writings of Christopher Hitchens!!

[@Mikados_Advark12]

He is already forgotten

[@marksavage8052]

The last sentence is devastating.

[@AllIsWellaus]

Regain and Thatcher were all about money and capitalism in all its advantages, not forgetting the huge losses to their financial independence so that the few could prosper.

[@nielspemberton59]

And Helmut Kohl.

[@childfreesingleandatheist8899]

Just by looking at Teresa, I get the impression of someone who looks like one of those gypsy scammers. She doesn't have the vibe of a caring, approachable granny.

[@Dr_Wrong]

The only cookies she'd ever give out would be 'organic'. 🤮🤮

[@jackiedouglas4483]

I thought she looked dodgy, but then I also believed at the time that suffering and self sacrifice had created her visage - only to learn from Hitch that she was a hustler to the rich and powerful.

[@francoisbouvier7861]

There is no doubt that Hitchens runs circles around this poor chap.

[@noname-by3qz]

I heard about this about '95 but hadn't had a way to look into it.

[@tommym321]

Feminist empowerment!!! I can’t breathe I am laughing so hard

[@Themis33]

Love his delivery. He always pauses and takes a breath Mid sentence instead of between sentences. Very unique and captivating way of speaking.

[@gesamtkuntswreck]

Hitchens: here are some verified facts Opposition: but here's something I pulled out of my ass

[@davidschneider6306]

How dare this old crow sitting on millions of wealth watching sick people suffer and die in agony when she had the wherewithal to provide them with the best medical care that could relieve their pain.

[@albertfinney1328]

Parading as a 'the nun', he was a Vatican satanist, meaning all evil was justifiable. The billion he collected was in the Vatican but is no longer.

[@MsDragonbal776]

Precisely his point is that she DIDNT provide them with the best medical care even though she was given substantial amounts of money. He literally says in the video, that conditions were so bad in her hospitals that patients went there to die as opposed to being healed.

[@justalonesoul5825]

@@MsDragonbal776 ... you realize you're just paraphrasing OP, right? He was saying that she never did what she should have done, in the form of a rethorical question/accusation, that was quite obvious...

[@mikesuahtla9826]

Yes MT will be remembered for sure. She will be remembered for her atrocities against pore people predominately children.

[@Disasteroid1]

I could watch Mr Hitchens all day long. I love it when logic, education and articulation work their magic. Genius 👌

[@carlcarlson1369]

Have to miss guys like this

[@FightXScience-wh6kx]

No, I don't miss warmongers

[@celtic333ful]

One guy is calm and factual. The other is stuttering and stammering while trying to make a coherent argument. Enough said.

[@avagrego3195]

Sounds like an excellent read.

[@MOGGS1942]

It is . As is his expose of Bill Clinton, " Nobody left to lie to ".

[@AnneAndersonFoxiepaws]

Love Christopher, its really hard to argue with him because he is right.

[@archieduke9324]

Oh man we need Christopher now 😢 here’s to a secular society v soon 🙏🙏

[@DB-qw6xq]

Like Communism?!

[@ShikataGaNai100]

@@DB-qw6xq My God, you are a delusional drone.

[@jamesdettmann94]

Secularism absolutely does not have to be communism, please learn what it means. For instance the US is secular but far from anything you could call communist.

[@justalonesoul5825]

@@DB-qw6xq also, you probably dont have the slightest clue what communism actually is, or would be. Hint : it never actually really existed on the planet. Totalitarisms with a personality cult like stalinism or maoism had in fact absolutely nothing in common with communism. The mere fact that you felt such demented need to make a parallel between secular society and communism out of nowhere is the sign of a very stupid and ignorant obsession and confusion surrounding communism.

[@feeblenester4470]

Why have we lost common sense, hitchens is ahead of his time, imagine what he would say about todays crisis

[@lairddougal3833]

I fear we project all those attributes we wish that we possessed onto ‘leaders’ who lack them. Then we will defend them in the face of all fact and reason. We need our heroes, so we create them.

[@MrCabimero]

Wish that today people could express their point of view without talking over each other as we see here; an art that has long since been lost.

[@Dr_Wrong]

Interruptions *_may_*_ (occasionally)_ indicate involvement, rather than obstruction.

[@MrCabimero]

I think Hitchens was a brilliant speaker. He listens patiently, makes his point, and listens again. The reporter could not answer his question about how he is sure she has done things for the poor. In Calcutta. I had read before that she was a farce, a hypocrite. And now she is a saint! Another example of a man made construct masquerading as god driven.

[@Dr_Wrong]

The difference between debaters and Hitch : Listening.

[@rezafarhad9915]

Ok agreed . But where the money went and where’s it now .

[@ShikataGaNai100]

I have to say that he was a great mind, perhaps one of the greatest minds ever to debate or write. He is missed greatly by intellectuals everywhere.

[@marksykes1191]

& us non intellectuals !

[@DB-qw6xq]

On the other hand, Hitchens wrote a 98-page book on Mother Teresa with no footnotes, no endnotes, no bibliography, no attribution at all, just 98 pages of unsupported opinion. Hitchens' attacks directed at Mother Teresa all boil down to one single crime: she endeavored to be a Christian, in the most literal sense of the word. The simple reality is that Hitchens (like other aggressive atheists/secularists) attack that which they singularly fail to understand. His vicious attacks on those trying to make the world a better place should be buried in the history of arrogance!!

[@marksykes1191]

@@DB-qw6xq Hitchens attacked theresa because she was a criminal , living behind the lie that is christianity , your opening salvo shows you are flailing like an inured animal ! He unlike , did his research !

[@ShikataGaNai100]

@@DB-qw6xq Enjoy your psychotic delusions and projections.

[@jeanettebirkett776]

​@@DB-qw6xq you couldn't be more wrong.

[@enumaukpabia7677]

Christopher Hitchens ...🙌🙌🙌🙌❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@farabor7382]

First time I hear of Hitchens... I am really impressed at how calm and patient he remains...

[@icestationzzzebra]

pinkerton "long after i'm forgotten" sorry, who are you anyway?

[@bethanyeaton9835]

She refused pain medication to the dying saying that it was godly to suffer here on earth.

[@heatheryovanoff6361]

Christopher Hitchen, much missed.

[@jenniferdevadhar334]

GO Christopher !!! Good on you.

[@tomdalton4293]

You almost feel sorry for James having to go pie to face with Hitch

[@NoahCorrigan-u2b]

Christopher Hitchens was one of our greatest journalistic titans.

[@don.gilchrist.2980]

He was right! She was a crook.

[@jawnson2613]

Debating hitchens is like covering yourself in blood and jumping into a shark tank

[@CactusJackSlade]

We need more people like Mr. Hitchens = tell it like it is.

[@DB-qw6xq]

On the other hand, Hitchens wrote a 98-page book on Mother Teresa with no footnotes, no endnotes, no bibliography, no attribution at all, just 98 pages of unsupported opinion. Hitchens' attacks directed at Mother Teresa all boil down to one single crime: she endeavored to be a Christian, in the most literal sense of the word. The simple reality is that Hitchens (like other aggressive atheists/secularists) attack that which they singularly fail to understand. His vicious attacks on those trying to make the world a better place should be buried in the history of arrogance!!

[@AndyAcker]

The way this James Pinkerton fool begins to stumble and hesitate after a calm and cogent response from Hitch is classic. Son, you've just been Hitch-slapped. You're done.

[@heavymetalzombiepilot4049]

It takes a crooked person to make a living out of telling others that their existence is thanks to god who would allow them to suffer, it takes an evil person to make a living in demanding payment through claiming you speak for said god.

[@susancunningham7933]

Wow, didn't know this about this woman, surprised

[@jonathanaarhus224]

That Pinkerton guy is a real pencil necked poindexter.

[@taz24787]

"I've never heard such concentrated nonsense in my life" ... BOOM

[@AFMMD-q8]

I know I am not going to live forever and neither are you, but until my furlough here on earth is revoked, I’d like to elbow aside the established pieties, and raise my tumbler 🥃 of Johnnie Walker Black to the mesmerizing brilliance that was Christopher Hitchens, his legacy ensures his immortality, I sorely miss this fantastic chap. 💐

[@albertfinney1328]

RIP Christopher Hitchens. Truth about "Mother" Teresa did not come near the big picture. However, this commentary does not even scratch the surface. No mention of who it was she worked for, where she kept the money. MONEY was what it was ALL about. I believe much more will come out, likely in global broadcasts of disclosures. May it be soon.

[@Dr_Wrong]

Nah, carpeting over iniquities is Christianity's main occupation.

[@peterbunyan3924]

Highlights how "Religous" people always look at things through rose coloured glasses.

[@usagi18]

I do believe in God, I'm actually a Catholic. And I'm fully convinced mother Theresa was pure evil.

[@kevinsysyn4487]

You shouldn't have broadcast a caller who called Reagan Nixon and Hitchens Clinton.

[@llkoolbean4935]

Miss him

[@roddyboethius1722]

We have no one of his calibre now. Jon Stewart comes close though

[@adrianlewis4928]

RIP Christopher Hitchens. You were always worth a hundred of your brother.

[@trppo]

Only poor Calcuttans can tell - whom allegedly she devoted her life to!

[@albertfinney1328]

In actuality, it was the Vatican. She believed in suffering, except a Hitch stated, when it came to her. "She" died in a posh American hospital, with best care money could buy. Why not? He--should have been father Teresa-- had the cash collected from suckers who had far less.

[@erstwhile3793]

James Pinkerton offers precisely zero evidentiary support for his assertion that MT has done the good to poor peoples that she’s reputed to have done. He sounds exactly like any fundie defending their system of choice; vague flapping and distracting gestures but no substantive reasoning or evidence that stands up to the slightest examination. He wants her saintliness to be real, but he clearly knows he hasn’t any evidence to support it, so he gets emotional instead. Classic fundie defense tactic.

[@vinylzappa]

Can anyone help me find Christopher Hitchens youtube video where he visits a USA Evangelical Church where his team is thrown off the grounds? I watched it and would leave a comment if I could find it amongst his many videos.

[@ShikataGaNai100]

Uh, that was Dawkins, not Hitch.