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Wednesday July 9, 2008
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Oprah reminds me of Princess Diana in that she is out there doing good deeds and cashing in on the fan worship at the same time, not to mention enjoying unlimited literal cash. It never sat well with me for either of them.
Perhaps the difference is that Diana was angry and somewhat of a victim, while Oprah seems to have her cake and eat it too.
I understand what she was saying about "taking God out of the box" that mankind had put Him in, fashioning him in their own image. He, through Jesus, is Peace (the Prince of Peace). He is too big a presence to be reduced or labelled by words. He is too vast a presence to be belittled or truly understood.
Yes, we should be wary of things which take us away from God, but we should also be wary of the fundamentalist Christians who preach hellfire. This was not what Jesus was about.
I do not believe Oprah is evil. It is good to discuss these issues, and investigate our faith further.
Oprah reminds me of Joel Osteen and his cotton candy theology of bringing to pass whatever promises one chooses to confess from the Bible. If one has the favor of God, as Joel Osteen's and others' theology go, then one will have a great bank account, fly first class, have new cars, a bigger house, a great family, and a great job. God, the One from the Bible, is not subject to no one's request; He is not a genie that carries out people's wishes. God is sovereign and He answers to no one. The difference between Oprah and Joel Osteen is that one is promoting the law of attraction from a church building and the other from a show studio.
God is not jealous of you. He is jealous of your other gods(i.e. money, food, self-centeredness, porn, laziness, gossip, slander, you get the picture). Those are the things that take you away from Him. He created YOU for HIM. For the relationship, not for the "feelings."
Oprah is very rich. Her money makes her stand out like a herd of cows running down a trail!!!! Whatever that mean:) LOL!!!!! Why want she get married to her man and stop shacking up. That's the christian way, isn't it? How can her "Soul" be at Peace with that???
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