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Jobim
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Date: January 01, 2011 05:01PM
I read this in the book "The eternal power of love" by Mother Theresa of Calcutta, in the chapter about lying, and it made me immediately think of the Mormon church. It was originally written in Portuguese (see below), so this is my own free translation:
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"I can also attest how lying has become very common among "Jesus's representatives" in the world. People who call themselves religious or spiritualized, have been deceiving without any regrets, creating and feeding illusions, hiding the truth, cheating or speaking in half-truths, on behalf of that which they alledgely believe, or in fear of letting go of their most profound, but unfounded, beliefs.
Very resistant to recognize they are wrong, they elaborate whole philosophical treatises, distort writings, words, and the meanings of everything they see and hear, without perceiving the great harm they inflict on the people they relate to.
I believe the liar has an illness of the soul, or as some may prefer, a psychological illness, which translates truth backwards, taking for natural and normal that which is unreal, wrong or just fantasy. [The liar's] lack of respect for people, as well as the mental and emotional manipulation they exert over those who believe in their words, are difficult to explain. One of the interesting aspects of this destructive habit is that it doesn't face any barriers, social or of any other nature. It doesn't matter if one is smart, scholarly, talented, rich or very poor. The ilness is in the soul."
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I couldn't stop thinking about TSCC while reading this, while the natural thing would be to think of the Catholic church, which I was raised in. I guess mormons are a lot more experienced in pathological lies and manipulation.
I have to be totally honest in case people want to check on this book, although it's not the purpose of this topic. Mother Theresa died in 1997, and this book was chanelled in 2010 by the brazilian medium Robson Pinheiro. Among his 30 or so published books, it's the first one with a "famous" author, and all proceedings have been donated to charity, since the first book.