The Daily Show did a segment on the atheist group Freedom From Religion Foundation and their opposition to a Mother Teresa stamp.
In the clip, comedian Jason Jones interviews Dan Barker about the reasons why his organization opposes the stamp.
Barker said some outlandish statements in the interview. But is he serious or was he just exaggerating it all for the camera? I mean, could he really believe this?
The Roman Catholic Church has unofficial tentacles. There’s no official entanglement between the Roman Catholic Church and the United States Government… I don’t know how big the Roman Catholic conspiracy is but if they can pull off getting a U.S. postage stamp, they do have some power.
America’s disproportionately powerful Roman Catholic influence undoubtedly accounts for this turn of events. Mother Teresa is on the fast-track to sainthood and the Catholic Church is pulling out all the stops to beatify one of their own.
The Daily Show of course has mocked the Catholic Church numerous times in the past. But it’s refreshing to see that in this case, The Daily Show realizes that the idea of attacking Mother Teresa for having a ‘dark side’ is so absurd, it’s funny.
The clip is funny, but the comedian does use the Lord’s name in vain. You’ve been forewarned.
In response to an athiest group’s protest over a planned Mother Teresa stamp, we wrote a group letter to Postmaster General Jack Potter. We think the USPS can honor this woman’s enormous contributions to the world and that she shouldn’t be excluded because she was a Catholic nun.
Late Friday night, we passed 100,000 signatures and we’re now up to 118,824 signatures!
Atheists are outraged about a proposed Mother Teresa stamp, but the Postal Service has a history of honoring religious ministers with stamps.
I assembled a compilation photo of four such stamps to the left.
The stamp in the upper right commemorates the Four Chaplains who each gave their life jackets to save four young men from the sinking Dorchester ship in World War II. The chaplains were Lt. George L. Fox, Methodist; Lt. Alexander D. Goode, Jewish; Lt. John P. Washington, Roman Catholic; and Lt. Clark V. Poling, Dutch Reformed. Congress established Feb. 3 as Four Chaplains Day. You really should read their story. A stamp was issued in 1948 and again in 1950.
The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., was twice honored with a stamp, once in 1979 and again in 1999. And would anyone say he shouldn’t deserve a stamp because he’s a Baptist minister?
Rome Reports has a news clip mentioning the Postal Service’s decision to commemorate Mother Teresa with a stamp due out August 26. Watch some great footage from Blessed Mother Teresa’s amazing life.
(Now go sign our letter at www.stampoutbigotry.com to tell the Postmaster General not to give in to hateful attacks by athiests who bizarrely oppose this stamp.)
What is with some people? They hate religion so much that they lash out at Mother Teresa? Not a winning strategy there.
In case you didn’t hear it, a group called the Freedom from Religion Foundation is calling on people to boycott the Mother Teresa stamp. The Postal Service plans on issuing the stamp on August 26, 2010 — on the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mother Teresa. These folks are asking people to write to the USPS telling them to pull the stamp.
TAKE ACTION: Sign our letter to the Postmaster General at www.stampoutbigotry.com. Tell the USPS to Stamp Out Bigotry and Issue the Mother Teresa Stamp.
The Freedom from Religion Foundation claims there’s a “dark side” to the life of Mother Teresa. You can read the news story to see these outlandish claims. There’s really no sense in re-broadcasting them here.
I mean, you lose an argument when you start attacking Mother Teresa. You simply can’t convince me there was a holier person on the planet when Teresa walked the earth. And she wasn’t afraid to condemn the rich West for worshipping money and aborting their children.
Well, I suppose that’s why some folks didn’t like her.
The Daily Show did a segment on the atheist group Freedom From Religion Foundation and their opposition to a Mother Teresa stamp.
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What is with some people? They hate religion so much that they lash out at Mother Teresa? Not a winning strategy there.
