I got this from an email I get from crosswalk.com. It was a very interesting take on Mother Teresa and wanted to share it with you all. I feel this would at least intrigue many of you seeing as many of you seem to share similar views.

A Suffering Servant: The Letters of Mother Teresa
Chuck Colson
BreakPoint

August 29, 2007

For the first time in more than 30 years, Mother Teresa graces the cover of Time magazine. But unlike the 1975 cover that hailed her as a living saint, this week’s cover titillatingly trumpets, “The Secret Life of Mother Teresa.” The subtitle declares, “Newly published letters reveal a beloved icon’s 50-year crisis of faith.” NBC led the TV pack with serious questions about her faith.

Ok, I came across this video. It's apparently on Youtube. He seems to back himself up well. Check it out, we can discuss.

http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=sk7rjr2218

This is from another blog that ended getting way off topic. Below is the pasted convesations up to the present, feel free to comment constructively.

How is it possible that people, of all mammals on Earth have a moral bone that says murder is bad; (because basically all other animals kill their own and have no reprecussions) or rape is wrong (again because basically all other mammals have recorded occurances of such happenings with no reprecussions) or any other wrongdoing for that matter. Some mammals eat their young. Where did our moral understanding that eating our young is wrong come from? We're all from the same species or unicellular organism... right...????

The following is taken from another blog I have up entitled, "a theists conversation". It's turning into a different topic than the original, so I figured I'd start a new blog about it and attach all of the conversations from where it changed to the most recent. Please feel free to challenge anything and all that you see. One thing I do ask is for people to back themselves up. If you challenge God, back it up with specific scripture, if you challenge Christians and what they do, back it up with actual happenings(most people have been doing this and I appreciate it). If you challenge athiests claims, back it up. This way whoever you're challenging can do the proper research to find out if they themselves are in error or to confirm what they understand to be true and why.

The following was an email i sent to the Rational Responders about their recent debate they had. I had one particular part to critisize and I tried to back myself up well. I guess I'll have to see what others think of the conversation. It will be interresting to say the least. btw, please, I do want to keep this respectful and there was no disrespect intended in any of this. Thank you

Email 1:

I first want to commend you for your work, and sticking to your belief especially with all the harsh friction you get. With that said, you might be surprised to hear that I'm a Christian and am fully devoted to the God you say is non-existant. I heard about a debate you recently had on a news bullitin. IT was the The ABC News "Nightline Face Off". I don't know much about you or how you normally respond, but I truely have to say that not all of that debate was approached by you in a "rational" way. e.g. When debate moderator Martin Bashir asked the atheists what would happen if they're wrong about God, "Kelly" had a quick answer: "I would rather go to hell than go to heaven and worship a megalomaniacal tyrant." now don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that everyone who claims to follow my God uses "rational" means to get their point across either. I'm saddened to say that many don't use rationality. e.g. "im serios i luv GOD and he luvs me an done day i will see him rein up and destroy all of you you dumbass!!!!!!" I would like to try some rationality. That is what I believe my God would do. Now he was called by someone of your organization a megalomaniacal tyrant. If you've ever read the bible, He only has a view of supreme Soveregnty because of his just and upright ways. Before I lose you, I know you don't see him as just and upright. There are parts in the bible that talk about how his ways are just and upright. I don't believe you have the time to read through all of that. If you want I can present that to you in another email or in other ways. God was even reminded by Moses about how a certain reaction that God was thinking of may not make him seen as just and upright, so God changed his approach. But besides being just and upright, if he truely is the God he claims to be, e.g. he created heaven, Earth, the universe, Time and everything in between, and also put in place the rules and morals for our lives, then how could he not claim to be the Sovereign Supreme being that he is? He was also called a Tyrant. Using the comparisons of "Paintings and their painter" If a painter screws something up, if it's not perfect in his eyes... then does he not destroy it and start on a clean slate or paper or whatever you want to use? With that view, we are a "creation" of God according to the bible. in Noah's time, everyone had "not come out the way he intended them to be" so he destroyed all of it, except for the part that worked. For one to claim that God was unjust in doing that, they are also claiming it is unjust to punish a murderer, a rapist, a theif, etc. Basically making murder, rape, molestation, stealing, fraud, etc. all legal and ok. If you're not seeing the connection, those reasons listed above were the reasons why God destroyed those people. Another viewpoint to consider. If God is real, then he made us physical beings on earth. It is also mentioned that we have souls. So death on Earth (if God is real of course) isn't exactly death. it's just being seperated from our fleshy bodies. So to "kill" people because they were not doing right, isn't actually mass murder, but a just punishment, because they could still change their ways. Revelation talks about 2 resurrections, one of the people who were followers of christ, and the other of everyone else. Everyone else gets the chance to change their lives and do what God put in our hearts to understand as good and to follow Christ. By the way, following christ if you have an issue with that is a whole other topic that i again can get into in another email or in other ways. So in conclusion, with that understanding, to call God a megalomaniacal tyrant would not really be a "rational" conclusion about my God. If God is real, all the rules of the Bible have to apply, if God is not real,