Who Is Malcom Muggeridge Inspiring Or Impartiality?
Inspiration or Impartiality?
Something Beautiful for God is a biography by Malcom Muggeridge about the works of Mother Teresa. In the biography, Mother Teresa is made out to be a perfect follower of Christ with the kindness of a saint. Malcom Muggeridge obviously wrote this book to be inspiring but is it better to be inspiring or impartial?
To be impartial is to be fair. For some books, I believe that it is important to be inspiring and partial, however, in a biography, both sides of truth must be clear. Malcom Muggeridge is a great writer, however, he is very partial, and that is not always desirable in a biography. A biography is the story of someone’s life. When you do not have the whole story, you do not really know about that person. …show more content…
She is given tons of credit and is seemingly the kindest and most compassionate person in the whole world. While Mother Teresa did many good things and helped many people, she is not what she is credited for. Mother Teresa, in her own book, stated that Christianity was not needed to go to Heaven; she believed that anyone could go to Heaven by simply believing what he or she wanted to. “We never try to convert those who receive [aid from Missionaries of Charity] to Christianity but in our work we bear witness to the love of God’s presence and if Catholics, Protestants, Buddhists, or agnostics become for this better men — simply better — we will be satisfied. It matters to the individual what church he belongs to. If that individual thinks and believes that this is the only way to God for her or him, this is the way God comes into their life — his life. If he does not know any other way and if he has no doubt so that he does not need to search then this is his way to salvation.” (Mother Teresa, Pages 81-82). Mother Teresa did not care if people became Christians or not, and I would even go as far to say that I do not believe she was a Christian. Our works do not get us in to Heaven. Unfortunately, it seems as if that is what Mother Teresa was striving for. Although she helped many people, without Christ it was all for
Something Beautiful for God is a biography by Malcom Muggeridge about the works of Mother Teresa. In the biography, Mother Teresa is made out to be a perfect follower of Christ with the kindness of a saint. Malcom Muggeridge obviously wrote this book to be inspiring but is it better to be inspiring or impartial?
To be impartial is to be fair. For some books, I believe that it is important to be inspiring and partial, however, in a biography, both sides of truth must be clear. Malcom Muggeridge is a great writer, however, he is very partial, and that is not always desirable in a biography. A biography is the story of someone’s life. When you do not have the whole story, you do not really know about that person. …show more content…
She is given tons of credit and is seemingly the kindest and most compassionate person in the whole world. While Mother Teresa did many good things and helped many people, she is not what she is credited for. Mother Teresa, in her own book, stated that Christianity was not needed to go to Heaven; she believed that anyone could go to Heaven by simply believing what he or she wanted to. “We never try to convert those who receive [aid from Missionaries of Charity] to Christianity but in our work we bear witness to the love of God’s presence and if Catholics, Protestants, Buddhists, or agnostics become for this better men — simply better — we will be satisfied. It matters to the individual what church he belongs to. If that individual thinks and believes that this is the only way to God for her or him, this is the way God comes into their life — his life. If he does not know any other way and if he has no doubt so that he does not need to search then this is his way to salvation.” (Mother Teresa, Pages 81-82). Mother Teresa did not care if people became Christians or not, and I would even go as far to say that I do not believe she was a Christian. Our works do not get us in to Heaven. Unfortunately, it seems as if that is what Mother Teresa was striving for. Although she helped many people, without Christ it was all for