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Is Oprah Starting Her Own Cult?
Fox News ^ | 4-18-08 | Roger Friedman

Posted on 04/18/2008 6:09:34 AM PDT by OKSooner

Oprah Winfrey may have gone too far in exploiting and distributing the teachings of a questionable New Age writer.

On Monday night, Winfrey conducted her weekly Web "event" seminar with New Age writer Eckhart Tolle. His message: "Life is the dancer and you are the dance."

Got that?

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Religion & Culture; Skeptics/Seekers
KEYWORDS: celebrity; cult; falseprophet; fraud; newage; oprah; poseur; yesterday
Nice to see someone "call a tool a tool"...
1 posted on 04/18/2008 6:09:34 AM PDT by OKSooner
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To: OKSooner

Yes, she is and I understand Jim Jones was her model cult leader. Let the stupid follow.


2 posted on 04/18/2008 6:12:28 AM PDT by Neoliberalnot ((Hallmarks of Liberalism: Ingratitude and Envy))
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To: OKSooner

Starting? I’d say it’s already been around for years.


3 posted on 04/18/2008 6:19:10 AM PDT by al_c (Avoid the consequences of erudite vernacular utilized irrespective of necessity)
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To: Neoliberalnot

I haven’t heard that, but people she has had on are kind of kooks. Like The Secret. I can tell you the Secret in 2 words. Think positive.


4 posted on 04/18/2008 6:20:15 AM PDT by mel
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To: OKSooner

Starting? Hint: She’s been leading it for years.

CC&E-I call it The Gospel According to Oprah


5 posted on 04/18/2008 6:22:10 AM PDT by Calm_Cool_and_Elected (So many books, so little time!)
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To: al_c
LOL! GMTA!

CC&E

6 posted on 04/18/2008 6:22:53 AM PDT by Calm_Cool_and_Elected (So many books, so little time!)
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To: OKSooner

Late 70’s, San Francisco, no job, “someone put him up” - sounds like a drugged out hippy had an epiphany....is Oprah really this dumb?


7 posted on 04/18/2008 6:25:05 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Something about B.O. stinks.......)
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To: OKSooner
The guy wrote a book: "The Power of NOW".

Really. lol. What great timing for this obvious "news" to hit the larger scanner.

Didn't Oprah endorse Obama not so long back?

Poor Oprah, in the grip of a cult.....

8 posted on 04/18/2008 6:29:38 AM PDT by Alia
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To: OKSooner

“”Life is the dancer and you are the dance.””

I can’t HELP what’s happening to me, the “dancer” is controlling it all!!!!!

Pretty fatalistic if you ask me.

Which no one did...


9 posted on 04/18/2008 6:31:31 AM PDT by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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To: OKSooner
Life is a cookie...
10 posted on 04/18/2008 6:47:49 AM PDT by LIConFem (Thompson. Lifetime ACU Rating: 86 -- Hunter Lifetime ACU Rating: 92 (any combo will do, fellas))
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

Shut up and drink your Kool-Aid.


11 posted on 04/18/2008 7:06:05 AM PDT by jagusafr ("Bugs, Mr. Rico! Zillions of 'em!" - Robert Heinlein)
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To: OKSooner

Starting?


12 posted on 04/18/2008 7:33:17 AM PDT by Phlap (REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

Oprah has to pinch herself regularly to actually believe just how rich and revered she has become in her charmed life. Every few weeks she’s on to some new “writer” or “celebrity” or “talent” she has just found in her eternal quest to sample new, more expensive and bigger “favorite things” to wrap and drag out on her show to “give” to her adoring audience. (Whenever she has one of these shows where she “gives” stuff away, I don’t think it is made clear enough to her audience that those companies are probably donating all that junk for Oprah to “give” to them just for the privilege of having their products shown on Oprah’s show. - If she personally pays for all that junk, I’ll eat my hat and stand corrected.)


13 posted on 04/18/2008 7:44:37 AM PDT by Twinkie (TWO WRONGS DON'T MAKE A RIGHT !!!)
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To: OKSooner

Ocra is her own cult!


14 posted on 04/18/2008 9:49:51 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: OKSooner
I've always thought that Oprah was if not a member but at least friendly to Scientology.

Think of all the Scientology Celebrities she continuously has scientologies like Kristi Alley, John Travolta, and most especially Tom Cruise.

She also been known to wear symbols of Scientology.

For example the T-Shirt has the "Cross of Scientology" on it. (Please excuse the woman in the bra.)

oprah scientology

Scientology "Cross"

Photobucket

No doubt I'll now be a target of Operation Fair Game - Google it.

15 posted on 04/18/2008 10:22:10 AM PDT by PanzerKardinal
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If she is, it’s not anything new or surprising. As she closes in on her first billion, she’s naturally starting to think that she’s omniscient and omnipotent, like the other ones (Turner, Soros et al). Her cult will be the same as theirs: the church of me.


16 posted on 04/18/2008 10:28:31 AM PDT by DPMD (~)
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To: jagusafr

Yes Mistress Oprah...... ;^)


17 posted on 04/18/2008 10:45:20 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Something about B.O. stinks.......)
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To: Twinkie

I’m sure they are all donated. Do the guests have to pay taxes on the gifts?


18 posted on 04/18/2008 10:45:50 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Something about B.O. stinks.......)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

Heehee...


19 posted on 04/18/2008 11:48:40 AM PDT by jagusafr ("Bugs, Mr. Rico! Zillions of 'em!" - Robert Heinlein)
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