Oprah's Religion?

I love how threads get resurrected after three months. Takes plenty of patience for someone to go back through all these threads...

 

I am beginning to think that Oprah may be soon become the centre of new religion.

I recently saw an old Oprah show when some woman claimed that her own "inner Oprah" carried her through a difficult time.

 

Here's a couple folks that agree with ya...

The Church of Oprah Winfrey--A New American Religion?

"Marcia Z. Nelson sees Oprah as a major American religious leader. In The Gospel According to Oprah, Nelson presents her as the symbol and catalyst for a new American religion. "Oprah Winfrey, talk show host, film producer, and philanthropist, is not ordained. She is neither preacher nor religious professional. Yet her multimedia empire, built over two decades, has given her the scope and stature of an influential leader. Oprah has a prominent pulpit from which to preach," Nelson insists. Oprah's television audience of ten million (according to Nielsen ratings) and her magazine readership of 2.7 million together represent a massive media phenomenon."​

"Oprah Winfrey was born January 29, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Originally, she lived there on a farm with her mother, Vernita, and her grandmother, Hattie Mae Lee. In later years, Vernita was unable to care for Oprah, and she went to live with her father, Vernon Winfrey, in Nashville. Interestingly, Oprah was supposed to have been named Orpah, after the daughter-in-law of Naomi as cited in Ruth 1:14. A misspelling of her name led to the name that has made her famous. She was raised in a Baptist church and developed her speaking ability in the context of the local congregation."​

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If Oprah represents a leader of a church then it is interesting to compare that to some of the other antichrist religions in America...

Estimated Church of Oprah adherents in the U.S.A. = 10 million

Estimated Judaism adherents in the U.S.A. = 4 million
Estimated Islam adherents in the U.S.A. = 1.5 million
Estimated Hindu adherents in the U.S.A. = 1 million

(Source: http://www.adherents.com/rel_USA.html#religions)

 

she claims to be Baptist