Christopher hitchens youtube mother teresa

While Christopher Hitchens offered up in-depth essays and critiques on many notable figures and political movements, hardly any public figure saw as much criticism as Mother Teresa, who Hitchens based several essays and his novel "The Missionary Position" on.

Christopher hitchens youtube mother teresa

His views on Mother Teresa didn't focus entirely on her character, rather extended to highlighting the praise and sainthood that she received by believers and non-believers alike, while he felt that she was not bereft of faults.

Hitchens believed that the idolization that was placed on her wasn't earned and that she did more harm than good, particularly with the horrid conditions of the hospice that she ran and her stark opposition of contraception, wherein she compared the usage of contraceptives to abortion.

In 1994, Hitchens explored Mother Teresa's character in depth, as well as the fervor surrounding her works. Hitchens points out that even those who are non-believers view Mother Teresa as an unt