Thursday, May 29, 2008

People Beginning to Wake Up Regarding Oprah?

It's reported ratings are down 7% for Ophah Winfrey. While many are speculating (and I'm sure the Winfrey camp is doing their own research) as to why this is happening (some suggest her political involvement (either party issues, or gender issues, etc.) some have suggested some of this has resulted from Ophrah's espousal of New Age Philosophies. Perhaps people are starting to wake up and see through the guise that everyone who may call themselves Christian are not necessarily so! The details and evidence, once one looks into it, speaks volumes.

I've notice Oprah's website now has a "new" spiritual advisor who is leading Oprah in a "new" cleansing diet. How many new advisors does one need when they've found the truth? How many new diets will there be? The truth is that when one is continually searching, and always having to look for something and someone new, it's not always because new is better, but because one has not found that which satisfies and meets the need to begin with.

In the wake of the Eckhart Tolle webcasts, there's been a brighter focus put on Oprah and what she believes and teaches... and how it not only is "not" Christian, but opposes the very message that's at the heart of Christianity. Hopefully, through these things some are beginning to see the difference and become more discerning. This is good and hopefully will continue, and perhaps through it many may come even to evaluate the truth claims of the gospel itself.

5 comments:

  1. Your post should have been titled, PEOPLE BEGINNING TO WAKE UP TO THE FALSEHOODS TAUGHT BY THE CHURCH TODAY!

    Oprah is not the problem. She believes in a Big God, not a God made up of 21st century Americans that call Jesus their Buddy. Yep, say a little prayer and you go to heaven. Then you can vote like Jesus and vote for War and Republicans, because after all Jesus did say blessed are the war makers. Oh, and make sure to go after Gays as well, because Jesus never said a word about homosexuals in the bible, so I guess the WWJD doesn't apply here. But if you are a Christian in America today, have lunch after church at Red Lobster, even though the bible says it's an ABOMINATION to eat Shrimp- oops, sorry, didn't get that scripture. And have all the Christian leaders like Ted Haagard, the Evangelical Big Dude, preach family values, yet he gets caught sucking a young boys penis and doing meth. WWJD, lol. And Be like Kenneth Copeland and Benny Hinn, and tell people that if they give money, they are doing God's work, but if they build an orphanage for young girls like Oprah- now that's EVIL! If Jesus came back today, most evangelical blogs would condemn him as some new age crazy guy, just like they did 2000 years ago because he didn't fit in the religous box of the time. No, the Jesus taught by the church today is Pro War, Pro Judgement, Pro hate and knows that they have truth and everybody else is wrong. My bible says, you shall know them by their fruit. Look at Oprah. What has she done? Hardly the antichrist. Yet look at all the "Christians" like Larry Craig, Jimmy Swaggart, Ted Haagard, Ken Copeland, on and on. Fornicators and war mongers and deceivers of the true Gospel. Anyway, have a nice day and remember, Jesus loves you very very much, and if you don't want to believe it he will burn you in hell.

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  2. Well, that's quite the little rant there.

    You claim that the church teaches falsehoods, but then you don't offer any arguments to substantiate what you said.

    Ad-hominem attacks are not arguments nor evidence, they are just unsubstantiated opinion. Pointing to the sin of men in no way diminishes the gospel, no matter how much you want it to.

    And no, the Bible is not just limited to what Jesus said, even He referred to the other Scriptures.

    But it does seem like you hold to an idea that people are saved by what they do, which you are welcome to, but it misses the mark by a wide margin.

    But since you mentioned it, why don't you tell us about this "big God" that Oprah believes in. What are his characteristics? In which way do you come to know him and of him?

    And while you are at it, why don't you substantiate some of your wild accusations against Christians and the church in general? I'm sure you are aware that the church does not consist purely of the Benny Hinns and Ted Haggards of the world?

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  3. moderator,
    you said.....
    No, the Jesus taught by the church today is Pro War, Pro Judgement, Pro hate and knows that they have truth and everybody else is wrong.

    You seem to be very judgmental in placing the entire church in one box. Certainly the church is made up of sinners just like those outside of the church. Your bitter and angry attitude with the human beings that lead and are in the church is not crucial to your spiritual destiny. However, your relationship with Jesus Christ is of utmost importance. Have you rejected the gospel of Jesus Christ or are you receptive to an encounter between you and the living God? (No flawed human beings.... just you and Jesus)

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  4. Seems like August and Jazzy have said it all and said it well; that is ... with one exception concerning your accusation about the shrimp, which I will gladly clear up for you (something which should be quite easy since you yourself so fondly exalt the teachings of Jesus). Did HE not say "What goes into a man's mouth does not make him 'unclean,' but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him 'unclean.'"?

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  5. Clap, clap, clap, Moderator. Well said and finally a breath of fresh air and (new age!) truth to this tired place of closed minds and fear-based beliefs. I grew up in a cult like this and if it weren't for people like Tolle, Oprah, Wayne Dyer, Denise Lynn, Louise Haye, Debbie Ford, Neale Diamond Walsch, Abraham (the list of these "false teachers" is endless, THANK GOD!), my mind would still be closed and my spirit trapped in the fear-based cage of this narrow-minded ancient way of believing. I love learning new things and I feel so blessed to living in this New Age (sorry, folks, I know you all hate that sinful phrase) with a mind and spirit that know no bounds :-) And most especially, NO FEAR OF "HELL"; NO FEAR OF "SIN"; plus the absolute LUXURY of knowing that it is my BIRTHRIGHT to be loved by my Creator!! My joy and ultimate salvation are not dependent on my ability to accept some loony story that originates with a "virgin birth"; I no longer fear each big world event as "a sign that the end is near" where crazy monsters are going to be killing people and fire is going to engulf us all and "all hell is going to break loose." The list of crazy beliefs attached to this lunacy is as long as my beloved list of "false teachers" ;-) Does anyone ever stop to wonder WHY these supposed "false teachers" are so popular? It's because their messages FEEL RIGHT. THEY ARE NOT SCARY. THEY ARE NOT SHAME BASED. THEY JUST ARE. This board is right, people ARE "waking up regarding Oprah." They are seeing a very respected, generous, gracious loving woman STEP OUTSIDE OF THE TINY BOX OF CHRISTIANITY, AND ALLOWING HER SPIRIT TO SOAR! Sorry folks, I hate to disappoint you, but the loss of a mere 7 percent ratings caused by narrow minded fundamental Christians who are now her worst critics pales in comparison to the amount of personal growth she is embracing and instinctively wanting to share with others. Don't flatter yourselves and don't waste too much time worry about Oprah. At the end of the day, I'm pretty sure she'll be just fine :-)

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