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Oprah Winfrey

Posted by gslcglencoe on April 6, 2010 at 12:06 PM

I am sooo mad at stupid Oprah Winfrey. She thinks she can do anything and say anything! And, the truth is...she can. People have bought into the Church of Oprah...where anything goes if you've got a sob story.

 

The guest she had on yesterday said, "I just realized that you have to earn grace." Now, I might be crazy in thinking about this as a Lutheran...but, the concept of EARNED grace doesn't even make sense! There are many other words for what we earn in life...but, GRACE isn't one of them.

 

The problem I have is not that the guests have thoughts...and feelings...and a sad story to tell sometimes. The problem is that everyone's thoughts and feelings are ratified. The age-old question about what TRUTH is...seems to be unimportant and irrelevant - as if it doesn't exist and/or cannot be found.

 

As a Christian, I am blown away by the way people seem to be on-board with Oprah, who has had many years to accumulate her following. If she offered something of substance...she'd have to actually nail down what her belief system is...beyond "anything goes."

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3 Comments

Reply A Concerned Parishoner
01:59 PM on August 19, 2010 
Wow. Calling someone stupid doesn't seem very Christian.
Reply UnderShepherd
02:50 PM on August 19, 2010 
I wish I knew who "A Concerned Parishoner" is, so that we could personally chat about this...but, I'll try to honor the concern here. I understand that you may or may not be an actual parishioner in Glencoe. Please, recognize my concern is that she is leading MANY people astray with her own brand of religion. That is alarming, and hurtful to the people who follow her.
Also, it is obvious that she is not actually stupid, lexically speaking. You can liken the phrasing to "my stupid computer" isn't working right...or "the stupid ball" took a bad bounce.
Words have power, for sure. But, hopefully, that choice on my part didn't distract you from realizing my own concern...expressed in the content of the remainder of the entry.
Reply jvajmrs@gmail.com
10:40 PM on December 04, 2010 
I don't see that calling someone stupid is non-Christian.Stupidity is an action by a sinful person. I myself along with every person on this planet has been stupid at some time or another. That doesn't mean that we were not Christian at the time. I think that people like Oprah get such ego's that they forget that they are human beings and sinners. Oprah claims to be such a humanitarian yet she supports sinfull actions. At one time I would follow Oprah and her deeds but I changed my opinion of her. I agree that Oprah has become Stupid when it comes to Christian values.