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At least a decade ago, the secular cartoon "Futurama" joked about the subject. A character had gotten involved with a cult. Said Professor Farnsworth, "Why couldn't [Bender] have picked one of the mainstream religions, like Oprahism or Voodoo?"
In humor lies truth. The Cult of Oprah continues to expand, and even False Christians outside of Landover (and my own church) have begun to recognize the threat.
It's a long article, so I'll only provide a sampling.
Here's the video!
In humor lies truth. The Cult of Oprah continues to expand, and even False Christians outside of Landover (and my own church) have begun to recognize the threat.
It's a long article, so I'll only provide a sampling.
Oprah Winfrey has become a catalyst for a new journalistic project and increasing news coverage by conservative Christians questioning and criticizing her spiritual beliefs.
Some evangelical Christians have voiced alarm that Winfrey is introducing the 46 million viewers who watch her each week to nontraditional spirituality they don't condone.
In May, two dozen Christian newspapers pooled their resources to publish an article titled "Oprah's 'gospel'" that prompted higher readership and more letters to the editor than any story some of the individual papers had ever published.
"For some Christians who have considered themselves part of Oprah's electronic family, her sins against evangelical orthodoxy have increased in number and seriousness," Rabey said.
In recent months, Southern Baptist newspaper editors also have written editorials declaring "It's time for Christians to 'just say no' to the big 'O'" and calling her a source of "foolish twitter and twaddle." And Charisma, a prominent charismatic and Pentecostal magazine, ran a story in its July issue with the headline "Oprah's Strange New Gospel.'"
Lamar Keener . . . "what she is teaching does not represent traditional, historical Christianity, according to the Scriptures," said Keener, who also is president of the Evangelical Press Association.
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Keener was inspired after viewing a video titled "The Church of Oprah Exposed," which has had more than 7.2 million hits on YouTube.
ON THE WEB: Watch the YouTube video
"It's taking actual clips off programs," Keener said. "That's what got my attention."
One of Winfrey's quotes highlighted in the story is her belief that "there couldn't possibly be just one way" to God.
"One of the mistakes that human beings make is believing that there is only one way to live," Winfrey said.
A spokesman for Winfrey's Harpo Productions said the celebrity is a Christian.
Religion writer Marcia Nelson, author of The Gospel According to Oprah, said criticism of Winfrey by conservative Christians dates to 1998 when she included a spiritual emphasis on her TV show.
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But Nelson, who studied a year of Winfrey's shows, differs with those who call Winfrey's spiritual ideas "New Age." She says Winfrey would be more related to the "New Thought" movement, which is more mainstream, focusing on positive thinking as a spiritual tool rather than crystals, for example.
"I absolutely regard her as a Christian but ... she's one of those capacious Christians," Nelson said.
Some evangelical Christians have voiced alarm that Winfrey is introducing the 46 million viewers who watch her each week to nontraditional spirituality they don't condone.
In May, two dozen Christian newspapers pooled their resources to publish an article titled "Oprah's 'gospel'" that prompted higher readership and more letters to the editor than any story some of the individual papers had ever published.
"For some Christians who have considered themselves part of Oprah's electronic family, her sins against evangelical orthodoxy have increased in number and seriousness," Rabey said.
In recent months, Southern Baptist newspaper editors also have written editorials declaring "It's time for Christians to 'just say no' to the big 'O'" and calling her a source of "foolish twitter and twaddle." And Charisma, a prominent charismatic and Pentecostal magazine, ran a story in its July issue with the headline "Oprah's Strange New Gospel.'"
Lamar Keener . . . "what she is teaching does not represent traditional, historical Christianity, according to the Scriptures," said Keener, who also is president of the Evangelical Press Association.
...
Keener was inspired after viewing a video titled "The Church of Oprah Exposed," which has had more than 7.2 million hits on YouTube.
ON THE WEB: Watch the YouTube video
"It's taking actual clips off programs," Keener said. "That's what got my attention."
One of Winfrey's quotes highlighted in the story is her belief that "there couldn't possibly be just one way" to God.
"One of the mistakes that human beings make is believing that there is only one way to live," Winfrey said.
A spokesman for Winfrey's Harpo Productions said the celebrity is a Christian.
Religion writer Marcia Nelson, author of The Gospel According to Oprah, said criticism of Winfrey by conservative Christians dates to 1998 when she included a spiritual emphasis on her TV show.
...
But Nelson, who studied a year of Winfrey's shows, differs with those who call Winfrey's spiritual ideas "New Age." She says Winfrey would be more related to the "New Thought" movement, which is more mainstream, focusing on positive thinking as a spiritual tool rather than crystals, for example.
"I absolutely regard her as a Christian but ... she's one of those capacious Christians," Nelson said.
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