Oh, no, it wasn't a comment on Texans. But rather that particular poster who is SOOOO outraged by the same brand of idolatry preached in a church in Washington State, is all about how wonderful it is when Joel Osteen (in Texas) preaches it.
You can watch the trailer for the movie version online. It is pretty funny, more or less the self-help version of the Da Vinci Code (secret tablets, knights templar, yadda-yadda).
This sounds like heretical, magical thinking (and also extremely childish):
"Word-Faith teachers claim that God operates by spiritual law and is obliged to obey the faith-filled commands and desires of believers. He not only reveals prosperity teaching supernaturally to the Word-Faith teachers, but personally and verbally confirms their unique interpretations of Scripture (Copeland, Laws of Prosperity, pp. 60-62). (http://www.watchman.org/profile/wordpro.htm)."
Then there is this on Word-Faith (Osteen's branch of hocus-pocus) quoted in Wiki:
"An origin of Word of Faith was proposed in the Kenyon Connection, a thesis proposed by D.R. McConnell of Oral Roberts University, proposes that Kenyon adopted the teachings of New Thought and relabeled them. Thus, the Word of Faith movement in McConnell’s view constitutes a Trojan horse. This argument was the primary conclusion reached by McConnell’s Master’s thesis published as a book, “A Different Gospel”."
Guess what else is based on the New Thought movement? From the Wiki entry on The Secret:
"The authors of The Secret cite the New Thought movement that began in the late 19th century as the historical basis for their ideas."
Wiki on New Thought:
"The earliest identifiable proponent of what came to be known as New Thought was Phineas Parkhurst Quimby (1802–66), an American philosopher, mesmerist, healer, and inventor. Quimby developed a belief system that included the tenet that illness originated in the mind as a consequence of erroneous beliefs and that a mind open to God's wisdom could overcome any illness. During the late 19th century the metaphysical healing practices of Quimby mingled with the "Mental Science" of Warren Felt Evans, a Swedenborgian minister."
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"If you can't annoy somebody with what you write, I think there's little point in writing."-- Kingsley Amis, British novelist, 1971 t .
Well it seems to be working for him--he's bringing in the big bucks!!!
This sounds like heretical, magical thinking (and also extremely childish):
"Word-Faith teachers claim that God operates by spiritual law and is obliged to obey the faith-filled commands and desires of believers. He not only reveals prosperity teaching supernaturally to the Word-Faith teachers, but personally and verbally confirms their unique interpretations of Scripture (Copeland, Laws of Prosperity, pp. 60-62). (http://www.watchman.org/profile/wordpro.htm)."
Then there is this on Word-Faith (Osteen's branch of hocus-pocus) quoted in Wiki:
"An origin of Word of Faith was proposed in the Kenyon Connection, a thesis proposed by D.R. McConnell of Oral Roberts University, proposes that Kenyon adopted the teachings of New Thought and relabeled them. Thus, the Word of Faith movement in McConnell’s view constitutes a Trojan horse. This argument was the primary conclusion reached by McConnell’s Master’s thesis published as a book, “A Different Gospel”."
Guess what else is based on the New Thought movement? From the Wiki entry on The Secret:
"The authors of The Secret cite the New Thought movement that began in the late 19th century as the historical basis for their ideas."
Wiki on New Thought:
"The earliest identifiable proponent of what came to be known as New Thought was Phineas Parkhurst Quimby (1802–66), an American philosopher, mesmerist, healer, and inventor. Quimby developed a belief system that included the tenet that illness originated in the mind as a consequence of erroneous beliefs and that a mind open to God's wisdom could overcome any illness. During the late 19th century the metaphysical healing practices of Quimby mingled with the "Mental Science" of Warren Felt Evans, a Swedenborgian minister."
Edited 3/15/2009 6:23 am ET by rollmops2009
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