Is Oprah the Devil?
I tend to not write about religious things because, to be honest, I don’t find it moxie. However, I feel compelled to discuss this latest craziness. As many of you know (my “A New Earth” post is one of the most visited), Oprah chose a book for her book club that is stirring up a lot of controversy. She also is conducting (with the author Eckhart Tolle) an 8-week webclass that has hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of students participating in this book’s study.
I was recently told to “be careful” since I was a student in this class and reading the book. Why? Well, it seems a few organizations, media outlets and churches are condeming Oprah for “sponsoring” this book. They’re claiming A New Earth is New-Age, un-Christian, full of lies and deceit and that Oprah is (and I quote) “the Anti-Christ… lying to millions of her followers so they will drop Christianity out of their own, confused lives.”
Really? Wow. That’s a strong statement. So naturally, I did some digging and found a few interesting points. The most watched “anti-Oprah” on YouTube regarding this book and her title as “Anti-Christ” is sponsored by some guy named Islm13. It has over 5 million views. This guy’s video was produced by a church claiming that all Christians need to unite against Oprah and Eckhart Tolle and to not be fooled by this “new-age”, “evil” book. The interesting thing about his videos… they don’t slam Oprah just on the book. They then make it political and say “she’s also supported Obama as President, which we all know is an evil Muslim who is destined to destroy America…“ REALLY? Well, that right there told me that this is definitely politically-motivated… and when you get politics involved, truth and reality seem to be thrown out like garbage.
I searched all of the webcasts (again I’m a student taking this class every Monday night) and I found an interesting clip, from the mouth of Oprah herself (gasp!!! Who would have thought to actually ask the source???)
Here it is… you decide. Do you think Oprah is giving up her Christianity? I sure don’t. She states that her belief in God and Jesus are NOT JUST defined by the scriptures. She doesn’t put God in a box.
Tags: A New Earth, anti-christ, christian, debate, occult, oprah, republicans
April 19th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
This is the whole point of the book. How the ego in others strikes and condems. If we want truth it is there, and Oprah is wanting and offering it to us all who seek. I have lived as a condemer and a fighter. so now I choose to learn and accept and see what is real. you either want truth or you want it to be what you want it to be. so in a nutshell all of us are learnign from eachother, no matter what happens
April 19th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
I haven't read the book and probably won't. I'm not that touchy feely. Still, calling someone anti-Christian (heck.. the ANTI-CHRIST!) because she read a book that disagrees with some folks world view is anti-American in my opinion. Folks just need to relax, live and let live, and well.. SHUSH sometimes. OK.. rant off. Good post, BTW.
April 19th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
[...] Jeff McCord wrote an interesting post today on Is Oprah the Devil?Here’s a quick excerptAs many of you know (my “A New Earth” post is one of the most visited), Oprah chose a book for her book club that is stirring up a lot of controversy. She also is conducting (with the author Eckhart Tolle) an 8-week webclass that has … [...]
April 20th, 2008 at 8:54 am
Couldn't agree more with both creatingawareness and Lionel. Thanks for the comments.
April 20th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
It seems like a new "evil book" arrives with every train pulling into the station. And it's often the same people (or at least people who SOUND remarkably similar) who find a new Anti-Christ hiding behind every tree. Who knew there were so many? Here's a novel idea: Let's trust our own intellects to be able to separate the wheat from the chaff (and the Anti-Christ).
April 24th, 2008 at 8:30 am
Wow, anti-christ, huh? I doubt it. That sure does give her a lot of power though, if masses are frightened enough to give you the most feared name they can imagine. Btw, love the work Moxie too! Best book of quotes I've ever found was called simply, Moxie.
May 13th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
god in a box?? oprah is spreading lies , if its not from the gospel its not from god, she is going against christianity , she thinks she can say what she likes , she is dangerous and people listen to her!!!! i saw her comment on hearing a preacher read from exodus 20 about god being jealous and vengeful oprah decided in her wisdom!! that god must be jealous of her!! what a joke , she misinterprets scripture ! and thinks of herself so highly that she takes it to mean god is jealous of her! pauls letter to the phillpians tells us not to be full of self importance and vain conceit yet she does both of these, this woman is no christian, she is all about her own image and her own good works, thinking that will bring her salvation, the only way to that is through a relationship with jesus christ!!! there is no box to put god in or out of!! just the truth!!! the truth isnt always easy but we dont have the right to twist the truth to suit us and still call ourselves christians …..faith is what we have in god and we should trust him to know best!! and hes told us how to do that …its all in the bible!
May 14th, 2008 at 8:27 am
Lesley – I mean this when I say it… I'm praying for you. You have a lot of hate and bitterness and judgment in your heart and I know God… I know He doesn't exist in those types of feelings. So I hope you can release them and let Jesus open your heart so that you don't feel the need to hate and judge. You're no "better" than the next sinner. With love, Jeff
September 6th, 2008 at 1:18 am
My name is GINA and I’m an idiot.
October 1st, 2008 at 12:50 am
Hey. Actually, Lesley is right on about Oprah’s misinterpretation, but I don’t agree with judging Oprah’s faith. I will say this: Oprah’s comments do not reflect those of a humble, God-seeking believer. God is jealous of the various things we give our time and attention to in substitute of Himself (i.e. anything God would not want us to spend time doing…including seeking New Age explanations for Him that fall outside the boundaries of scripture). It sounds like Oprah means well, but she IS deceiving many in my opinion because she is not qualified to lead in this matter.
December 5th, 2008 at 10:59 am
I see these post and I see both sides of the story. What scares me about Oprah is that she treads lightly on alot of subjects. She is trying to be a friend to everyone. And when someone is friend to everyone, she is friend to no one. She seems to have unseen motives going on behind the scenes. Like the case were she is being sued by the south african woman for defermation of character. It fine if people want to listen to Oprah and what she believes, but I would just warn to make yourself educated on those subjects and decide for yourself.
January 16th, 2009 at 10:12 am
Jeff,
If you truly study the bible what lesley says is true. No, I do not think Oprah is the devil, but she is not practicing Christianity.
Does Jesus love Oprah, yes, however that does not mean she is not misleading people. If you are a Christian, there is a guide, it is called the bible, and it teaches that Jesus Christ is the only way to the Father. It is quite clear, not Buddah, not Muhammed and not by your own good works or by you tapping into the energy flow of the universe. All other beliefs are false, and therefore misleading. Thank Christ for giving us mercy and compassion and not what thoughts we send out to the universe.
January 16th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
BC,
I’d be interested in knowing where you get scripture that states your point? I agree with you regarding Jesus as being the way to salvation, yet if you read the book (assuming you have not) and have watched Oprah, she feels the same way as well. Spirituality is not defined by your religious beliefs; rather it’s defined as a closeness to your creator and to the Supreme Being (aka God). Appreciate your comments, though!
August 7th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Your definition of Spirituality may be defined that way, but Christianity certainly is not. I find it funny all these new so called Christians who pick and choose what they want to believe and follow in the Bible. If you truly believe its the word of God than its laughable. Can you still go to heaven with this type of belief sure, but I question those people’s true faith if they don’t want to obey what God has so clearly stated.
August 7th, 2009 at 9:24 pm
Karl Should you Be correct about these “new so called christians” I’s like topoint out that the Jewish Faith is Older then the Christian one Follows the Old testement and could say the same about you.
August 7th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
Oh I’m no Christian but I don’t understand how Christians can say they believe in God and are saved/accepted Jesus/etc yet not follow the Bible.
August 19th, 2009 at 8:54 pm
Following the Bible and living by God’s word does not mean you follow every single thing you read in the Bible. It was ultimately ordained by God but truly written by MAN. If you follow the Old Testament, you’re not believing in Jesus’ word therefore you’re not a true Christian. A true Christian believes what Jesus preached in the first 4 gospels of the NT -> and not ONCE does he condemn or even dismiss homosexuality. He condemns divorce 30+ times in what He says… yet how many “conservative” Christians do not follow His word? It’s hypocritical. Also, if we were to follow the Bible literally, you truly want to claim to “normal people” that there really was an Arc that Noah had and carried every pair of animal in the world? Would love for you to explain this logically.
August 26th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Jeff, in response to your question to BC about what scriptures say that Jesus is the ONLY way… try (John 14;6) …words of Christ himself “I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through me.”
I haven’t read Oprah’s book and don’t care to either, but I have seen a clip from an episode of Oprah where the discussion was something to do with God and/or how to get to heaven, and Oprah was arguing with an audience member who was sticking up for what the Bible says about Christ being the ONLY way to heaven… she said something to the tone of, “SO WHAT ABOUT BUDHISTS, HINDU’s & MUSLIMS? SO THEY ALL JUST GO TO HELL?” In fact, here’s a link to a great YouTube video that I found while writing this that pretty much sums up what Oprah beleives: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WN_ZKrVKGQ
I wasn’t always a believer in Christ and am in no-way one of those right-wing wack jobs (I voted for Obama BTW)… I’m a young guy in his 20’s who was living a life without a relationship with God, but God revealed the truth about Jesus, the Bible, and the need for salvation to me several years ago in a miraculous way, and I now know that Jesus is the ONLY way to heaven and the Bible is truley God’s word even though it was written through different men of God.
Watch the video and you will see that Oprah clearly states that she belive’s there are more than one way to get to heaven other than Christ, so if that’s what she and her book teaches, she is leading people astray from the truth, and she may not be the devil or the anti-Christ, but she is definitely doing the devil’s work whether she knows it or not… it doesn’t seem like she does, but she will when she faces the judgement for leading so many people into hell with her false doctines, unless of course she realizes the error of her ways and repents before she dies or Christ returns. “Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, knowing that as such we will incur a stricter judgement.” (James 3;1)
I don’t know who you are, what your website is about, or why you’re defending Oprah, but I just came across this post from doing a google search about Oprah, and it sounds like you’re hunkydory with everything Oprah teaches, so I hope you seek the truth which can be found in the Bible brother because if you’re cool with what Oprah is teaching, I can safely say that you do not understand what it means to be a “Christian.”
Dave
August 26th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
@Dave,
Appreciate your comments except until the part where, as every “young immature” Christian I know does the “I’m a Christian and then I need to judge you because you’re clearly not a Christian.” Read your bible, my brother, Jesus spews those who judge out of his own mouth. You don’t know me from anyone and I will bet my blog, my podcast and all my internet ‘fame’ that I know the Bible better than you ever have. I was raised as Pentecostal as they come. I’ve seen the truth and I’ve seen the church which is filled with lies, hatred and bigotry.
I am gay AND I am a Christian – must be hard to swallow, huh? But Jesus gave me his blessing (After 15 years of PRAYING/FASTING daily in church for me to “just be straight like the rest of my friends”) and guess what, I have never felt more peace, love and TRUTH until I came out as a gay Christian. Do not judge my friend – and my posting has nothing to do with following Oprah. It has EVERYTHING to do with not judging Oprah.
And I will even bet my beating heart that keeps me alive today, you have no clue what the end will be. You have no idea what Oprah’s endorsement of A New Earth is all about. It’s about SPIRITUALITY. It’s not for the closed minded Americans who feel like God only loves American-born, white men who get married to women. TRUST me on that.
In His Holy Name,
A Christian brother – Jeff
September 4th, 2009 at 10:19 am
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 is not from Eckhart tolle,but from God.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 and Eckhart if they dare,to speak on TV about the real “power of now” of the cross the true miracle of the blood in the book the coin of the temple by souheil bayoud.There you will find who is false and who is right.Their false christ or the real Jesus Christ the Lord and Savior.I assure you they will not dare.
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