I came across this intriguing article on MSNBC.com earlier today called Woman living la vida Oprah – Woman follows the gospel according to Oprah.
A yoga instructor in Chicago decided to live life for one full year according to everything Oprah recommends, albeit somewhat tongue-in-cheek. I found it to be a rather amusing article, based on her interview with Matt Lauer on The Today Show. Her blog and website is http://www.livingoprah.com/, and she even includes a chart of all the things she is doing, including money and time spent.
Oprah has such a fan-following and it is amazing to me that anything she says and recommends is a must-have. Do people really do what she says? This lady likened it to following the popular girl in high school. I had to laugh at the analogy.
True, huh?
All that said, I am still sickened and sad at Oprah’s misleading of the masses to a false religion, so far away from Christianity – away from the only way to our God, Jesus Christ. I think this is an interesting commentary on how easy it is to build a mass following by getting popular in the material aspects of our lives, then easily leading them astray by the hand in the spiritual aspects.
Hmm, “thou shalt not have no gods before me”…
Amen. Well said, Paula. Thank you!