We've talked about Oprah here before, but we're not in Nielson-ratings-land anymore, Toto, at least according to posts being circled and forwarded about the popular talk-show host and media entrepreneur.
"One of the most effective proselytizers drawing Christians away from the faith today is not a minister, mullah or rabbi. She is entertainer and New-Age guru Oprah Winfrey," according to Mary Ann Kreitzer in her post titled "Oprah Winfrey: New-Age Guru" for the Women of Truth newsletter and viewable here.
It goes on to say that "Oprah calls herself a Christian, but she evangelizes for the New Age. For years she has intermingled false spirituality with makeovers, menus and interviews. While her television show blends the bland with the bad, her daily radio program offers the full package in the form of 'A Course in Miracles,' led by her friend Marianne Williamson. The course is also available on her Web site."
Ms. Kreitzer, who is the President of both Les Femmes and the Catholic Media Coalition, is not the only one making such claims.
According to a popular YouTube video that's had over 7.3 million views, Oprah is not just a commanding media figure or a unifying spiritual phenomenon but rather a deceitful new-age leader. It claims, among other things, that:
- The "largest church in the world" had its first service on March 3, 2008, with an "attendance of over 300,000" and now has "over 2 million members."
- March 17, 2008 was the time of the first "mass trance."
- Their leader believes that "My mind is part of God's...I am very holy...My salvation comes from me....Let me remember that there is no sin...The only message of the crucifixion is that you can overcome the cross."
- She advises that we "not make the pathetic error of clinging to the Old Rugged Cross."
"One of the mistakes human beings make is that there is only one way," she's shown as saying on her televised show.
The video goes on to claim that "today she has turned millions of her adoring fans over to her new age doctrine," and "Christians are letting this into their homes and are being deceived.'"
In her "New Earth Web Class" she's quoted as saying "I took God out of the box...I grew up in a Baptist Church."
Taking God out of the box is one thing. Ushering in a new kind of church while pretending not to is completely different. Intellectually speaking, Ms. Winfrey is either a prophetess of a new spiritual awakening or a powerful force against traditional Christian teaching. I'm not sure there's a middle ground here.
Most of us know she moved way past a TV show and magazine cover years and years ago. However, I'm not sure we've all thought of her as the Pastor of the World's fastest growing spiritual movement. I'm curious what you think, please post your thoughts below.
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I don't know why so many fall into the trap of opinion. If you know your background religion and your faith which carries you daily through all your trials than why would you even question how and or why another human could influence you into diverting from what you believe to be true. It is within each and everyone of us. All right and wrong decisions are within you. Your "feel" it in your inter being when you are doing right or wrong. don't fall into the trap of blaming others for what you know is within you to decide.
If oprah and Eckhart are helping people live peaceful lives then who cares what their message is,i mean the evidence is clear in the word that the reilgious approach has cause uncalculated suffering in the woeld,reilgion is division,thats when the muslims hate the jews,the christians hate the muslims and so on,Further more its the fear of not understanding the message that is being conveyed is the motivation for your fear,all your beliefs are false,all of them,and deep down you know it,Americans are a very confused and dangerous people these days,the bible has them warpped,they speak of peace and declare war,freedom of speech but sensor everything,justice for all but condemn other reilgions,if Tolle is giving a positive message and you are angry,Doesnt it remind you of something that happened 2000 yrs ago?WAKE UO
tHE whole problem here lies in the human mind,Everyone thinks he is right and everyone else is wrong,When you finally "get it" that there is no belief true,you realise you are alone,peaceful,and full of love,the christians speak of love,but i wonder do they feel it?can they really feel the presence of living love?or is it as i suspect just words,the reason i suspect this is because of the unbeliveable negative and violent reactions towards oter faiths and messages,if you are trully happy then words are just words,Eckharts message is one of love,like Jesus's message,would jesus have hated Eckhart tolle?ha ha,its almost too funny to concieve of,Then we come to the question of Oprah,what harm is she doing?ill tell you,she is putting herself in big danger because she is in a mad bible bashing society that knows only how to assassinate those with a positive message,Like martin luther king,john f kennedy,a society that talks of peace but attacks in a flash,Jesus said turn the other cheek,Like america did with iraq???
God's grace is popular,but His wrath is not.
dayofwrath
Gibran Khalil Gibran and now Ekhart Tolle and Oprah all these new age gurus are free to think what they want,but that is not the truth and opposite to christianity.Millions of people were attracted to Gibran who was a pioneer of new age in his book jesus son of man divested Jesus of His divine nature and miraculous attributes presenting Him as a sententious sage,a guru.The message of the cross is nonsense to those who are being destroyed,but it is God power to us who are being saved.The power of now of Ekhart Tolle is not the real one.The power is the cross and now is the word that the church emphasizes on it:The Holy past is present now with power.Let Oprah if she dare,to speak on tv about the power of the cross the true miracle of the blood on that good friday in Jerusalem in 1994 in the book the coin of the temple by souheil bayoud.There you will find who is the false guru and who is the real Jesus Christ the Lord and Savior,the Son of God. dayofwrath
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