Mother Teresa of Calcutta once said: "It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish." The greatest challenge facing the western world is not violence from without, but the tragic decision to take a life within.
Posted on 08/26/2010 9:57:19 PM PDT by Nachum
New York - The Empire State Building was lit in red, white and blue on Thursday night for women's suffrage as more than 100 people protested a refusal by the iconic skyscraper's owner to mark Mother Teresa's 100th birthday. Yet the colors that the Catholic League had requested in her honor were the most luminous against the darkened skyline: The building's 203-foot pinnacle blazed a brilliant blue, while the stories just below glowed a frosty white. A fading red was just visible underneath. (Snip) But the building's owner, Anthony Malkin, declined the Catholic League's request to honor the ethnic Albanian
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So it is with the secular world, they don’t recognize God or holy people. This isn’t a surprise.
Modern day idols. Created by tech and media instead of gold or stone.
Last year, they had lights on in honor of the 60th anniversary of Communist China. They are making certain social/political statements with their lights, and in who they decline to honor as well.
This guy is getting a karma comeuppance.
I believe that the week Mother Teresa died, Times Magazine feature Dr. Kevorkian as their Person of The Week.
Funny President and Mrs. Reagan recognized Mother Teresa!
What wrong with this guy?
Ahhhh... The panel of “they”....I want all their names and SS numbers..Wanna bet we can't get both or just 1 of them?????????????? "THEY" are Top Secret!
What, why would the light be lit for Mother Theresa when we taxpayers have shoveled over to the muzzie nations funds to rebuild or refurbish the mosques there but let the state of CA suggest any tax money be used to retrofit and rebuild one of our CA missions damaged during an earthquake and that is beyond the pale,,,
This nation is due for a serious lesson and when it comes it won’t be pretty. America’s values are in the toilet now.
Remember... Who is the “god of this world?”
We are just passing through.
Sadly, yes.
NYC is foreign territory, and the “Americans” there are foreigners. Let’s just make it official and return it to Holland...
If Holland wants it back.
Good point!
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