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Oprah Winfrey's Beliefs

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Oprah 's New Shot on Tolerance to Cause Division

What do Pastor Rob Bell, Devon Franklin, Marianne Williamson, Dr. Serene Jones, Dr. James Perkins, Rabbi Jill Jacobs, Imam Mohamed Magid, Suhag Shukla, and Dr. Rajwant Singh have in common? They are all spiritual leaders who took to social media to plug Oprah Winfrey 's new shoe "Belief".

In her show, Oprah and her band of leaders attempt to show that we need increased tolerance for one another 's beliefs since our beliefs are really not all that different.

The author of the Old Black Church website disagrees and says, "unlike the queen of T V, I don 't believe that all faiths lead to God, there is only one way to get to heaven and that is through the shed blood of Jesus, "anyone who
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I chose this quote because I realize that many people including myself encounter other religions and their lifestyle due to multiculturalism in the modern society as well as technology and social media. Having peers who are of other religions, being a part of their lives and seeing pictures, videos, words and thoughts derived from other religions on social media has allowed us to understand and gain knowledge about these religions that alter and reshape our understanding of our own faith. The exposure of different religions in our daily lives through observation and experiences raises countless questions about not only the reasons behind the practices and traditions of other religions but also what this information and knowledge means to one as an individual of another religion. For example, the author 's encounter with Banaras and a few of the people she met allowed her, as a Christian, to realize that people of other religions have similar values or beliefs and she realized the possibility that "god really encounters us in the lives of people of all other faith" (10). It is also important to note that everyone has a different personal experience and perception of these encounters as personal beliefs and opinions play a part in building up the

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When different political views and spiritual beliefs are put together, the consequences behind that mixture are often dire and it ultimately results to violence. He emphasizes the importance of learning the past as well as the most up-to-date events of these particular religions. Kimball does his best to explain why those types of problems tend to occur, but he also gives us insight as to how these problems can be corrected, which could lead to a better hope for the future. All it takes is people of good faith as well people of goodwill to come together to speak aloud against the fundamentalists.

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“I think that ‘twixt the negroes of the South and the women at the North, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon” (Truth). Right off the bat she introduces her intention of finding harmony among everyone men, women, blacks, whites. Finally she ends the speech with a powerful tool for inspiring her audience to act on this topic of inequality, saying “ if the first women God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again!” (Truth). Saying that if these women stand together for what they believe, for what they feel is right they cannot fail.

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Patel wants everyone to embrace the many different religions that we have while believing that they all can coexist in the community “I realized that it was precisely because of America’s glaring imperfections that I should seek to participate in its progress, carve a place in its promise, and play a role in its possibility. And at its heart and at its best, America was about pluralism” (Patel 89). Patel says that pluralism should be embraced and individuals should have a better understanding of one’s religion before mistaking. These mistakes can lead to disputes and ultimately to pandemonium characterized in this text.

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Icon, Oprah Winfrey, in here eulogy, “Rosa Parks Eulogy” portrays Rosa Parks as a hero as she explains her steps toward social equality. Winfrey’s purpose is to thanks her for her great actions and the courage she had. She adopts an admiring and honorable tone, repetition on how gratified she was in her push for equal rights and gradation to show all of the different things she went against. She utilizes an admiring and passionate tone to explain the type of gratitude she had towards Rosa Parks.

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While we have made some progress, issues like racism and prejudice still exist and are very prevalent in our modern culture. While these issues are still around and growing everyday, many churches are scared to speak up, due to not wanting to offend popular culture. If churches are going to truly follow the teachings of the Bible though, they need to realize that they should fear the Lord and follow his commands instead of fearing man, and care for their brothers and sisters in Christ, no matter the color of their skin. For the church in heaven is going to be full of many different cultures and ethnic groups all worshipping the Lord. Revelation 7:9 paints this beautiful picture of the future scene in heaven and states that “a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb” Student Study Bible, Revelation 7.9).

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It may be that it is in small and thoughtful gestures that we can change ingrained, thoughtless prejudice. In fact, after intervening in some teasing and being told, quite rightly, to mind my own business by both victims of my classmates’ careless fun, I hit upon a wonderful plan suitable to my character. I hope I am not building it up as something equal to Martin Luther King Jr. joining of character to thoughtfulness in its accomplishments, because in the end it was only a class presentation. Frankly, public speaking is my greatest fear, but this time it was from my heart and went beautifully. The theme was my friendship with these people of other faiths, and how much I learned about my own religion from them.

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