In her letters, Mother Teresa expressed doubts about the existence of God and lamented the absence of a personal sense of Jesus' love in her life. Does this make you think more or less of her? To what extent is doubt a part of religious faith?
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Sally Quinn and Jon Meacham on August 29, 2007 4:59 AM
A few days back I read somewhere that Thomas Jefferson was a lousy public speaker. Interesting, but kind of beside the point, I thought. I've had something of the same reaction to the news that Mother Teresa often felt cut...
Posted by Gustav Niebuhr, on September 4, 2007 11:03 AM
The recent revelations of Mother Teresa's spiritual struggle should remind all believing Christians that our faith is in Christ -- not in our feelings.
Posted by R. Albert Mohler Jr., on September 4, 2007 9:31 AM
If Job can question the plan of Providence and if Jesus can cry out “Father, Father, why hast thou forsaken me”, then Mother Teresa can, without tarnish or shame, be admired in the midst of her doubts and fears. In...
Posted by Samuel Rodriguez, on September 3, 2007 9:13 AM
Doubt is the fertilizer of faith. We don’t grow without it. I would never presume that Mother Teresa’s faith was sealed with certainty. These thoughts of hers make her in my mind all the more human, and all the more...
Posted by Jim Cooper, on September 3, 2007 7:49 AM
Faith and doubt are twin brothers or sisters in the human condition. The Qur'an recognizes the capacity of the human being to believe or not to believe. Believing in the visible and the tangible is more widely acknowledged by most...
Posted by Sulayman Nyang, on September 2, 2007 10:50 AM
This is why Mother Teresa is a SAINT! She lives in my SOUL! Doubt is essential to an authentic life of faith. Several of those we call saints talk of the same kind of things we read in Mother Teresa's...
Posted by Bob Edgar, on August 29, 2007 5:02 AM
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