Okay... so Brian says I shouldn't even go there... but here is the deal... Oprah is teaching a class online to bazillions of "viewers". It is very New-agey and very anti-Jesus. It is my understanding, limited though it may be, that she is teaching that there is no sin and no devil and that we should look for the "God" within.
I find this pretty scary for a number of reasons. First of all.... Oprah has been around for 20 years coming into our homes on a daily basis. We know her and accept her. She has come a long way from the "schock and awe" shows. She now does a lot of shows on self improvement and self awareness. Millions and Billions of people love her.
Two, she has power. If Oprah endorses a product it is golden. If she dismisses it... well... I won't say it is doomed to fail but she has had books pulled from the shelves before because of her OPINION of it.
Three... she does lots of "good" things. She really does. She gives away tons of money, she set up the school in Africa, she has the Angel network. How could anyone believe she is not genuine??
Well.... if she is teaches ANYTHING that leads even one person away from Jesus to her new age ideology then she is misguided at the least and oh so possibly so much more. If she were truly Christian... she could be spreading the gospel NOT telling people to be like crystals.. and not bogged down with heavy thinking (or some such nonsense that I read on her website under the first chapter lesson.)
If you are chuckling... stop and think of it.... she has had a long time to be in our consciousness and to gain our trust and to GUIDE people..... She has a responsibility to be worthy of that kind of trust.
I find it very disconcerting!
Okay... enough about that. I will start a new post to talk of other things!
Monday, March 03, 2008
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