Comments on: Death Becomes Them: Who are the Highest Earning Saints? http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2009/11/02/death-becomes-them-who-are-the-highest-earning-saints/ Online travel magazine dedicated to exploring travel in the 21st century. Offering travel news, compelling interviews, online travel tools, and more. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:02:23 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Christine Garvin http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2009/11/02/death-becomes-them-who-are-the-highest-earning-saints/comment-page-1/#comment-95236 Christine Garvin Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:52:50 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/?p=6442#comment-95236 Agreed, Joel. Agreed, Joel.

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]]> By: Joel http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2009/11/02/death-becomes-them-who-are-the-highest-earning-saints/comment-page-1/#comment-95232 Joel Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:09:31 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/?p=6442#comment-95232 I'm not sure how her diary entries are "damning." If anything it shows the strength and belief in her faith that despite the doubts and uncertainty she held, she continued to do what she felt was right. As for Parenti, the majority of his sources are from Hitchens, and Chatterjee, whose book Hitchens worked on as a documentary. I'm not sure about Chatterjee but Hitchens and Parenti make their living commentating (mostly criticizing) other people/systems/beliefs. It gets old. Even if Mother Theresa was a liar and did 50% of what she did, she still did a lot more good than anything Hitchens is doing by criticizing anything and everything he comes across. He may be a smart guy, but he gets annoying (Does it hurt to be positive once in a while)? Geez. I always thought it in poor taste to insult the dead, talk about kicking someone when their down. What drives you to try and trash the reputation of someone who isn't even alive to give a rebuttal? (Not you Christine, just a hypothetical at those who do). It's easy to be a critic. It's a lot harder to go out and do something meaningful and worthwhile. I’m not sure how her diary entries are “damning.” If anything it shows the strength and belief in her faith that despite the doubts and uncertainty she held, she continued to do what she felt was right.

As for Parenti, the majority of his sources are from Hitchens, and Chatterjee, whose book Hitchens worked on as a documentary. I’m not sure about Chatterjee but Hitchens and Parenti make their living commentating (mostly criticizing) other people/systems/beliefs. It gets old. Even if Mother Theresa was a liar and did 50% of what she did, she still did a lot more good than anything Hitchens is doing by criticizing anything and everything he comes across. He may be a smart guy, but he gets annoying (Does it hurt to be positive once in a while)? Geez. I always thought it in poor taste to insult the dead, talk about kicking someone when their down. What drives you to try and trash the reputation of someone who isn’t even alive to give a rebuttal? (Not you Christine, just a hypothetical at those who do).

It’s easy to be a critic. It’s a lot harder to go out and do something meaningful and worthwhile.

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]]> By: Chuck Simmins http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2009/11/02/death-becomes-them-who-are-the-highest-earning-saints/comment-page-1/#comment-95228 Chuck Simmins Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:31:06 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/?p=6442#comment-95228 The darkness of the soul is often a characteristic of a saint in Catholic tradition. Our ancient enemy tries to make the faithful lose their faith, through doubt and the key to sainthood is the practice of the Faith despite doubts and fears and temptation. The darkness of the soul is often a characteristic of a saint in Catholic tradition. Our ancient enemy tries to make the faithful lose their faith, through doubt and the key to sainthood is the practice of the Faith despite doubts and fears and temptation.

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]]> By: conor http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2009/11/02/death-becomes-them-who-are-the-highest-earning-saints/comment-page-1/#comment-95221 conor Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:29:25 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/?p=6442#comment-95221 This is quite amusing, who would of thought saints had this side to them. This is quite amusing, who would of thought saints had this side to them.

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