I’ve never been much of an Oprah fan and haven’t watched an episode in years.  However, they has just always been something about her that bothered me.  Guess I now know what it was.  Thanks for sharing this.

Personally, I’ve never cared for her. Then, when she started having Obama on her show, I disliked her even more. I’ve always felt she was a fake. This “new age” info proves that she is like all the other hollywood stars. It’s sad that she is bashing Christianity when she’s preaching being “tolerant” of all people.

I used to watch her daily, buy the “must haves” she recommended, and read the books she put on her club.  When she recommended the book The Secret, alarm bells started ringing and I had to examine my conscience.  I was buying into the whole Oprah new age thing.  I don’t let her influence me anymore and I have found that my family and spiritual life have been stronger.  I rely on God now, not Oprah for guidance in my life.

WOW!!! I had no idea what Oprah’s into…(we don’t have cable).... Her power to influence is HUGE!!!  I thought it was bad with Obama, but for her to be promoting this pseudo-gnostic new age religion….FRIGHTENING!!!  So many sheep going to the slaughter…time to PRAY!!!  Thanks for the update, and check EWTN’s reference to the author of the book via Fr. Groeschel…A REAL EYE OPENER!!!

For selfish-I-have-to-vent-reasons I’m glad you posted this.  When she issued her statement “At the beginning of this presidential campaign when I decided that I was going to take my first public stance in support of a candidate, I made the decision not to use my show as a platform for any of the candidates.”  I searched her website for links to Mr. Obama—there were at least 63.  When I searched for Palin—there were 4—all of which discussed Gov. Palin’s daughter’s pregnancy.  Today there are 7, one which looks like a discussion as to why Palin should not run, since her kids are in “crisis.” My view is Oprah, do what you want with your show, but at least have the integrity to be upfront with your agenda.

She’s dangerous!  If you still watch her you need to stop immediately.  There are 3 parts on YouTube you can watch. . .here is part one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckZzG6Z4Ez8

She is dangerous!  I’m not sure if my previous post went through, but you can go on YouTube and search for “Oprah religion exposed” and there are 3 parts to that you can watch and have your eyes opened.  If you watch her you must stop!

I used to watch her years ago - I remember learning some things from her show that I thought were either fun or important.  I eventually became tired of her.  Now, I think she’s dangerous.  I have friends who have been reading some of these New Age things she’s been promoting.  This makes me very angry.  They are being lead astray.  I do what I can to correct the things they’ve “learned” from her and these gurus she promotes.  And I pray for all of them, especially Oprah.

What’s really sad is that when Oprah started out, slowly becoming famous, she always talked about being a Baptist Christian. Guess those days are over….actually, I knew they were over a long, long time ago.

I have to admit, I still do watch her sometimes.  It’s sort of like junk food: mindless TV while I’m doing a boring task.  For anyone informed about their faith, however, you just won’t fall for her and her pronouncements. I just fear for the millions who don’t know any better—and worse, who don’t know God.

Oprah is a Scientologist. Compare what she says with the doctrine of Scientology, if you doubt. You will find very few discrepancies. Her influence is both astounding and very very scary.

(Ahem) shouldn’t we all actually watch her show before we decide what she is for and what she’s against?

Or, at least before we start discussing it publicly.

Ella,  Actually, you don’t have to watch her show…there’s everything on her website that you can imagine.  Her shows, book recommendations, etc., are all there.  There’s no doubt that she does some wonderful things w/her considerable fortune but her book club alone is enough to scare me!

You don’t have to watch the show. It’s all right there in her Soul Series webcast online.

http://www.oprah.com/oafhost/oss

The book mentioned here isn’t the only dangerous stuff she’s pushing either.

http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/mar/08030701.html

Tracy Jordan: So what’s your religion, Liz Lemon.
Liz Lemon: Hmmm…I pretty much do whatever Oprah tells me.

A 30 Rock quote for every occassion.

It is amazing to me how much people love Oprah….internationally.  I was at a luncheon last year with some othe foreigners, and so many of these European women were expressing their desire to travel to Chicago one day…..to see Oprah.

Oprah has built an enormous media empire, with millions of “faithful”.  Imagine Oprah falling madly in love with Our Lord.  God gave her all of her abilities and her power of persuasion.  If we offer up our sufferings for her, maybe she will one day be a powerful warrior in our camp!

Oprah’s religion is “The Cult of Me”.  Everything about it has to do with self and what makes myself feel good/look good.  I have watched her show in the recent past and this is what I got from it.  Satan is very subtle.  It all sounds very good, all the self-actualization, but deep down we know we are not called to serve ourselves but to serve God by serving everyone else.

If you want to read an excellent book about a “new” civilization, might I suggest “A Civilization of Love” by Carl Anderson.  “What Every Catholic Can Do to Transform the World”

God Bless

Sharon Lee Giganti did a 2 hour radio show on Catholic Answers Live on Sept. 15th, 2008!  The first hour was about the Oprah “crisis” more in depth (her show has become the New Age movement’s biggest platform on the world’s stage) and the second hour was about uncovering the occult roots of Deepak Chopra’s book, “The Third Jesus”.

If you missed it, you can still download this informative show about the dangers of the New Age Thought!  Search their archive or subscribe to their podcast.  If you need help doing either, just click the link above to our website (once there, look for the blogpost “Get Catholic Answers”).

God bless.

“Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead, expose them…” - Ephesians 5:11

I watched her here and there and, like most people, I liked her at a superficial level. My husband was the first one to point out several years ago her political and spiritual leanings. He recently called her “The Most Dangerous Woman in America” on his blog: http://vivechristusrex2000.blogspot.com/search/label/Oprah Winfrey

OK, I know I am not going to become overly popular with the posting of this comment, but I feel strongly about it.  WHO CARES THIS MUCH ABOUT OPRAH?!?!?  It seems there are folks that believe she [Oprah] has the power to lead “good” people away from their spirituality, to something of hers.  Now really.  If one believes that a TV personality has the power to affect a huge group of people in such a way, that person is not very secure in their own values/religion/etc.  For goodness sake!  There are people being killed in wars, starving to death, and worse, and people are up in arms about OPRAH????

Anyone remember reading “The Crucible” back in high school?  Or learning about the Salem witch trials?  Do we have nothing better to do?  I think I do, so I’ll sign off.  Thanks.

Felicia, I would bag to differ.  Is not ones spiritual life just as, if not more so important than his/her physical life?  You don’t think Oprah has that much power, but if you look at how many books Oprah has recommended that have become a success overnight.

You should listen to Sharon Lee Giganti in the Catholic Answers archives.  Her brother is in prison, because of New Age Though and when she was deep into it she convinced a girl that suicide is fine, because it isn’t real.  The girl check into a hotel and took her own life.

Don’t think think for a minute that Oprah’s religion is harmless.  Perhaps on the surface it appears as innocent self-help, but it can easily become much more, and not for the better.

I used to be a moderate fan.  I watched her show, because most of the times she had “real” people who had suffered through crisis situations, i.e fires, devastating car crashes, etc.  She was able to bring the people who instilled a glimpse of hope to million of viewers out there.  That part was great.  On the other hand, she started to become a brand all over the place.  She took a stance on politics, suggested alternative/“new age” spirituality and that’s when I turned my attention and became more aware of the types of influences that she had on women and people in general.  I heard our priest at church, talk about all of these reasons that I mentioned, and my “gut feelings” were confirmed.  I hope that there are more women out there who can stand up and make decisions without becoming influenced from a “celebrity”.  Our world continues to suffere when celebrities start to voice the opinions about serious matters because while the are indeed entitled to theirs, they (most of the time) see things through rose-colored glasses and not from a true perspective of a sound, everyday life of personal responsibility.

Oprah does have tons of influence and she knows it.  I’ve watched her shows occasionally the past few years and just recently made a committment to myself NOT to watch her anymore. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard her say, “I believe we’ve evolved past marriage as a society”.  She takes every advantage when interviewing someone to get her own opinions in.  She interrupts people CONSTANTLY and seems incredibly out of touch with the average American.  I agree with a previous commenter that we should all be praying for her conversion.

Oprah is successful and not because she fell off the turnip truck at the right time and in the right place.
This whole topic does not require deep psychology - she puts HERSELF on the cover of every single issue of her magazine.  That alone should say it all.
Pray for her, and pray for those who would be deceived by her, and pray for people like Father Euteneur who have the wisdom to point out the fact that the Empress Has No Clothes.

Anyone on TV 5 days a week and who has such a huge following like hers is influential.  She happens to be a very successful leader who is leading people astray.

Please, Felicia, no one is going to show up at Oprah’s door, torch in hand! We should be able to discuss dangerous cultural icons… Personally, I’ve never been into Oprah. Anyone who puts herself on the cover of her magazine every month for years has issues.