[ReaganGeneration2]

“An unselfish egoist is a man who has pride without the excuse of passion. Of all conceivable forms of enlightenment the worst is what these people call the Inner Light. Of all horrible religions the most horrible is the worship of the god within.”

G.K. Chesterton

[cuban leaf]

Osteen is not really a preacher. He is a motivational speaker doing it under the guise of being the pastor of a church.

He’s more like Anthony Robbins, Dennis Waitley or Zig Zigler in his message. The evil part is doing it under the umbrella of “Christianity”.

[utahagen]

There happen to be many fine “self help” books out there. For example, A Guide to Rational Living by Albert Ellis, in which there’s not a trace of self-indulgence or anything resembling psychobabble. However, religion shouldn’t be about self-actualization; it should be about God and what God expects of us.

[darkangel82]

And yet the uninformed go nuts over this guy. I don’t get it.

[cookcounty]

I never understood the Osteen attraction, very superficial stuff. The first time I paid attention (finally) was when I was at the MD Anderson clinic, hoping to find some last-ditch way to save her life. Osteen on the TV kept saying how simple it all is. Don't accept bad things in your life just keep hitting the delete button! "Delete, Delete, Delete!!"

Thanks, Joel.

How is Osteen a "fundamentalist?"