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[Diana in Wisconsin]

I've seen all of those spiritual/self-help books; a lot of them sell like hotcakes. (Does anyone actually BUY hotcakes, anymore? LOL!)

It's just a part of our culture. People are always looking for an answer, and it's easiest if someone just flat-out tells them what to do with their lives. (Hint to those floundering around in life: you'll find a good majority of answers in your Bible; read it!)

You might like "What Should I Do With My Life?" by Bo Bronson. It's a dozen or so examples of people actually making a difference in this world and living meaningful lives. (He also wrote "Bobos in Paradise" and has a good finger on the pulse of our culture today.)

[Palladin]

I don't know about hotcakes, but I could go for a hot potato knish right now.

And those books are a waste of money. Folks should read the Bible instead. It's the best handbook on how to live a "purpose filled" life.

[RGSpincich]

They don't trust her to do it herself?

Big money spells big problems for some just making their way back.

[Cecily]

Jesus Christ and the Apostle Paul had a few choice words for misleading religious leaders too. Some from the Lord:

serpents
brood of vipers
wolves
whitewashed sepulchers full of dead men's bones
hypocrites

[Cecily]

No, I tend to avoid TV preachers. I'm not familiar with Gene Scott, although I noticed that Peter Popoff (a huckster a la Benny Hinn) is making a comeback.

[llama hunter]

yep like George W is quoted as saying
we are all sinners, buddy.......

and as Jesus said, let he who is without sin cast the first stone

and as Jesus also said, love the sinner more

[llama hunter]

wait a minute, what is so "evil" about promoting a purpose driven life, I haven't read the book but wow tough crowd

telling people their purpose on earth is to serve others because that is how they serve their Lord, ooh radical and evil eh?

if you can read the Bible and get all the advice you need in life, good for you, if some people need some of the messages to be distilled or repackaged in a way they can understand it, what's the harm......

and the book might have just as much meaning to agnostics and atheists, just because you don't believe in the afterlife or a higher power as prescribed by the Christian Bible doesn't mean you couldn't benefit from some help as to the direction of your life....

if we all focused less on ourselves, ooh, how bad would that be for the global kharmic energy there eh........

[wideawake]

Rick's book isn't intended to replace the Scriptures. I think that's one of the common misconceptions.

No, what it's meant to do is to get people to read the Scriptures from Rick Warren's point of view.

An person uneducated in the Word will often think they have found in Rick Warren's book a nice, simplistic guide to the Scriptures and will have been taught by his book to disregard the times when the Scriptures diverge from his easy, compromising-with-the-world interpretation.