While churches in Europe are empty...

Some see Oprah Winfrey as a spiritual leader.
Are there words adequate enough to describe the absurdity here?

(Shakes head and walks off.)

Posted by Portia at May 11, 2006 11:49 AM | TrackBack
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At least its not TomKat

Posted by: the Pirate at May 11, 2006 12:00 PM

I can see the new slogan to go with "WWDPD?"
What would Dr. Phil Do?

Posted by: Greta (Hooah Wife) at May 11, 2006 07:02 PM

"She puts the cult in pop culture," wrote media critic Mark Jurkowitz in The Phoenix

Hee hee.

I never thought of her as some type of "hyper-minister", but apparently many people look to her for spiritual guidance. How sad.

Posted by: MarcV at May 12, 2006 08:21 AM

"She's a really hip and materialistic Mother Teresa," says Kathryn Lofton, a professor at Reed College in Portland, Ore., who has written two papers analyzing the religious aspects of Winfrey. "Oprah has emerged as a symbolic figurehead of spirituality."

Mother Teresa was neither "hip", nor "materialistic" and no one containing the aforementioned words should be likened to her...discuss...

Posted by: Nasa Nerd at May 15, 2006 02:33 PM