Oprah's 'church' video draws over 5 million to YouTube
by Elena Garcia, US Correspondent
Posted: Wednesday, April 23, 2008, 14:09 (BST)
A YouTube video which features talk show host Oprah Winfrey denying Jesus as the only way to God and promoting New Age ideas has received over 5 million views and is still climbing.
The under seven-minute video montage, entitled "The Church of Oprah Exposed," was posted about month ago and has since claimed the Top Favorites spot in the Web site's News & Politics category.
According to statistics posted on YouTube, the latest streams of visitors are coming from PerezHilton.com, a Hollywood gossip blog. The author of the blog wrote that "crazy Christians" are behind the effort to demonise Oprah as a "conduit of evil".
But many Christians say New Age teachings espoused by Oprah in the video are a cause for concern. They believe the day-time host is distorting Christianity and leading many into spiritual confusion.
In a commentary posted on The Morning Call, one pastor likened Oprah's multi-way approach to God to telling a blind man standing at the edge of a cliff that whichever way he chooses to walk is equally safe.
"She holds the trendy idea that religions are essentially the same and that there are many paths that lead to God. She irrationally romanticizes the notion that God can be whatever you want him/her/it to be," writes Steven W. Cornell, pastor of a Pennsylvania-based church.
One clip in the video shows Oprah blatantly denying Jesus as the only way to God.
"How can there be only one way to heaven or to God?" Oprah asked her audience in a show taped years ago.
When one woman in the audience asked, "What about Jesus?" Oprah defiantly answered, "What about Jesus?...There couldn't possibly be one way."
Another part of the YouTube video shows Oprah hosting her recent Webinar class, in which she promotes New Age writer Eckhart Tolle and his "New Earth" book.
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Added: Friday, August 29, 2008, 12:32 (BST)
Oprah may God have mercy on you soul repent now before it's to late im telling you girl you can't mock GOD i will never watch your show again you should be grateful for what the Lord have done for you.
Debra , usa
Added: Thursday, July 24, 2008, 17:32 (BST)
Its a sad day when you know the truth and then deny Christ. There is only one way and that is through the blood of Jesus Christ Our Lord who died on the cross of Calvary for our sins. Lets all just pray for Oprah that the Lord will speak to her and that the millions that are following her teachings will turn their backs on her teaching and follow the Lord Jesus Christ and accept Him into their lives as Lord and Saviour of their lives. John 3 verse 16: For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
BERNi MARKS, Johannesburg, South Africa
Added: Friday, May 2, 2008, 4:33 (BST)
Evil often comes wrapped in fuzziness and soft words. That is how the devil deceives us. The devil is now using Oprah to deceive many, who are in danger of losing their very souls if they follow her teachings. We are made in God's image; not the other way around! Those who consider Christians "rigid" because they adhere strictly to God's word do not understand the seriousness of being Christian. God is not a changeable God. God is "I am". If what he said was changeable, or not applicable, because, as many people say "times are different today", then he would be an imperfect God, which he is not. His word stands, period! God makes it very clear what the consequences will be for those who do not believe and who do not consider Jesus ". . . the way, the truth and the light. No one cometh to the Father except by me." You cannot go in and monkey around with God's word, watering it down, changing it to fit what YOU want without endangering your soul eternally. Oprah is literally playing with Hell fire and helping to lead the way to eternal damnation. But I am not surprised. Such happenings are all fortold in Revelations. There will be many who come falsely in Christ's name. I pray for those who still have time that you read your Bible and pray that your eyes be opened. Christ is coming soon!
Scout, USA
Added: Wednesday, April 23, 2008, 21:10 (BST)
Christians are oh so in favor of open-mindedness when trying to attract people of other belief systems to Christianity. But it's a one-way street with them. Point out the myopia and irrational rigidity of Christian doctrine, and the Christ followers scream like stuck pigs. By the way, the writer of this article laments Oprah's "blatantly denying" that Jesus is the only way to God. Oprah's not the only one, if you'll recall. What about Jews of every persuasion?
JD, Atoka, USA
