Catholic League-

[MC Just]

Catholic League president William Donohue wrote the following today:



“In the 12 years that I have been president of the Catholic League, I have never witnessed a more vicious attack on Catholicism than what appeared this week on the Showtime program, ‘Penn and Teller.’ The episode, ‘Holier Than Thou,’ was a frontal assault on Mother Teresa and her order of nuns, Missionaries of Charity (as well as Gandhi and the Dali Lama).



“Like most Americans, I like parodies and have no problem, per se, with irreverent humor. But when humor becomes insult, that is a different story. And that is what happens here: comedy quickly morphs to vitriol. Indeed, as the show progresses, the level of anger becomes palpable and the degree of distortion becomes mindboggling. This is no comedy—it is Nazi propaganda right out of the Leni Riefenstahl school of filmmaking.



“The Mother Teresa that the world has come to love and revere is made to look like a cruel, exploitative, self-serving nun who ripped off the poor. We are told that Mother Teresa intentionally let the poor suffer, providing neither beds nor bathroom facilities. ‘She had the f—king coin and pissed it away on nunneries,’ says Penn. As for the nuns who worked with Mother Teresa, they are referred to as ‘f—king c—ts.’



It does not bother me when they call me ‘Catholic Boy’ on the show (though the term ‘Jew Boy’ would never cross their lips), nor does it concern me when they talk about ‘f—kers like Bill Donohue [who] only see good in her.’ But when they mock the Catholic Church’s teaching on the meaning of suffering, and when they say of the poor that ‘They had to suffer so that Mother F—king Teresa could be enlightened,’ then they are behaving like monsters.



“We will mail a tape of select portions of this broadcast to many interested parties, including the bishops. And we will hold a press conference tomorrow outside the hotel where Viacom is holding its annual stockholders meeting. They haven’t heard the end of this yet.”

[homeschoolmom]

I'm so glad we don't have cable...

[Lil Red]

oh my gosh!

[MC Just]

Liberals at it again.

Edited May 26, 2005 by MC Just

[Thy Geekdom Come]

How completely and utterly disrespectful! Especially the language they used toward Blessed Mother Theresa and her sisters.

[SarahB]

You know....unless they repent by the end of their lives, I hope God holds a special place in hell for them.

[Mateo el Feo]

"Penn and Teller" are bad-mouthing Mother Teresa? Yuck!

[1337 k4th0l1x0r]

[quote name='SarahB' date='May 26 2005, 11:58 AM'] You know....unless they repent by the end of their lives, I hope God holds a special place in hell for them. [/quote]
Especially after a certain 'sketch' they performed at what I believe was a roast for the Amazing Jonathan (who is a comedian/magician). Do a google search to find out what it was (say, 'penn teller amazing jonathan christ'). I really wouldn't feel comfortable even mentioning here what they did.

[SarahB]

[quote name='1337 k4th0l1x0r' date='May 26 2005, 02:06 PM'] Especially after a certain 'sketch' they performed at what I believe was a roast for the Amazing Jonathan (who is a comedian/magician). Do a google search to find out what it was (say, 'penn teller amazing jonathan christ'). I really wouldn't feel comfortable even mentioning here what they did. [/quote]
I think I probably better not. It'll just make me even more angry and I still have to go to work and deal with the public.

[Kilroy the Ninja]

How sad for Penn and Teller. And Amazing Jonathan. Amazing performers whom I have seen up close and personal (even have pictures with Penn and Teller).

I knew they (particularly Penn Gillette) were atheist, but while watching their show (yes I have cable) I observed that they had a modicum of respect for peoples religious beliefs no matter what they really thought of them. Of course I didn't know about the "stunt" they pulled in 2003. That was wrong. And it is entirely wrong of them to attack Mother Theresa. I am saddened to learn that their hatred runs so deep.

Pray for these men.

[kateri05]

how can people attack such an ecumenical giving woman? She is held up as the standard for helping the less fortunate by TONS of different Christian denominations, not just Catholic, and even other religions. nothing is sacred anymore...

[Extra ecclesiam nulla salus]

This is horribile. Why? why why?

[MC Just]

its only going to get worse with the bunch of godless lunatics we have for politicians.

[guardsman]

We should probably just not discuss these guys. That's what they want. I haven't heard of this, and probably never would have, except we're talking about it. Just forget it. It doesn't matter. Bl. Mother Teresa is secure in her place in history and Heaven.