Saturday, March 08, 2008

Oprah Winfrey: Leading Many Down the 'Wide Road'

700,000 commit to exploring East-West-hybrid mysticism

From "Oprah's class offers a new way to see" by Cathleen Falsani, posted 3/4/08, at suntime.com

Oprah Winfrey has been spiritually educating her viewers for years. On Monday, she began offering formal instruction to more than 700,000 students across the globe.

Before the first session of "A New Earth" -- a free, 10-week online class taught by Winfrey and Eckhart Tolle, the German-born spiritual teacher and author of the current Oprah's Book Club pick A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purposes -- according to Oprah .com, hundreds of thousands had registered to take part in the 90-minute cyber sessions each at 8 p.m. on Mondays.

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Also, check out this video at carringtonsteel.citymax.com. Advance the tuner to 5 minutes 45 seconds.

Oprah claims to be a Christian yet explains that there are many paths to God (other than Jesus Christ) and everyone should do what is right in their own eyes.

In doing so, she sets herself up as God's judge. In her opinion His laws and His provision for our salvation through Jesus Christ is not quite inclusive enough...