Oprah’s Anti-Marriage Show">Oprah’s Anti-Marriage Show
Today Oprah did a hitpiece on marriage, and it’s amazing because the ignorance that Oprah and her guests are displaying is not only pathetic, but it is abundantly false.
Oprah had on the former wife of Lance Armstrong, and her “expert psychologist” friend Dr. Robin L. Smith who has written a book called Lies at the Altar.
The whole premise of this show is all about how women lose themselves in marriage. Dr. Smith is saying that it’s because of socialization and fantasy and women being forced to get married.
Oprah is saying that this isn’t about “bashing marriage” except the problem with Oprah is that Oprah has once again failed to have a true marriage expert on her show. There are thousands of marriage and family therapists who have successful marriages and who have made it work — without the woman losing herself.
Oprah could have easily had on Dr. Neil Clark Warren who founded E-Harmony.com and also has authored tons of books on the subject. She could have had on Dr. James Dobson and his wife Shirley, or Dr. Kevin Lehman who is an expert in the field. Apparently Oprah’s staff are lacking in resources.
The bottom line is that Oprah does not believe in marriage for women. She’s a perfect example of a woman who fears commitment, has swallowed the lie that she does not need to be married to the man she is having sexual relations with and also a perfect example of someone who genuinely has no morals when it comes to the sanctity of marriage. Too bad most of America’s women have watched her propaganda hit piece against marriage.
I think it’s also important to note that her two guest have been divorced - so why would anyone want to take their advice? It’s apparent they couldn’t keep a commitment, and/or that they were foolish and naive when they got married.
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I was very surprised (naively so?) and disappointed in Oprah at her very biased opinions AGAINST marriage. Yes, it is natural to have cold feet before marriage. It’s a big decision, who wouldn’t want to make sure they were making the right decision? I think though what needed to be said and wasn’t, is the need for pre-marital counseling. My husband and I had pre-engagement AND pre-marital counseling. Boy, did it help alot! I have mentioned pre-marital counseling in passing in a conversation and I have had many people look at me in amazement because they did not know such a thing even existed!
Not only do people need to know the person they are marrying, but themselves as well. It was clear that on this show these people didn’t know much about themselves or their spouses past, present or future. In the case of the Armstrongs, it is unfortunate that they brought three other people (their children) into their mess. I think people have much too casual of an idea of marriage these days and what it entails.
As Christians let us be careful about throwing
stones at Oprah or anyone else for that matter.
Knowing very well that we also have errors in
our behaviors and actions.I dare ask if anyone
that has complaints regarding Oprah. Have you
submitted questions and solutions to the challenges you might have with her show.From
my understanding she did not bash marriage as a whole.Her comment was don’t get married to the extent of loosing your identity.As a Christian
I have the privilege of being engaged to a very awesome woman.We are two people who are making a choice to be together understanding marriage is
about commitment not convenience.Enjoying the journey of encouraging each other to become the
best that Christ wants us to be. Not who the other person thinks we should be.May God bless everyone who reads this.
Daniel , Phx ,Az
Oprah has a low opinion of marriage. She has hinted at it before but the show with Kristin Armstrong made it abundantly clear. At one point Kristin said that marriage takes away a woman’s identity and Oprah answered empathetically “This is why I never married - cause I just wanted to be myself.”
Oprah has not been married, not had children of her own and not taken on the responsibility of adopting and raising a child. She has led a very self-centered life and become incredibly rich doing it.
How is she qualified in any way to be giving advice on relationships, marriage or families? She does not have the positive life experience or the educational degrees to qualify her to counsel anyone. According to wikipedia.org, she was born out of wedlock, was shuttled around to various family members as a child and was supposedly abused by two relatives and a family “friend”. As an adult, she never made the commitment to marry and have a family of her own. However, on how to make a buck off a gullible public, she’s obviously an expert.
A few years back on Larry King 9-05-2001: “The only thing I ever regret is bringing up Stedman’s name so much…. but I just mention him because he’s in my life, like Gayle [her best friend] is in my life, like my dogs are in my life.” http://www.hollywood.com/news/detail/id/1091355
So the man in her life for the last two decades is on a par with her girlfriend and her dogs. What does that tell us?
I cannot understand why so many women have made this woman (with whom they have nothing in common) have made Oprah their advisor and spiritual leader. She has a lot of agendas at play. Listen to her closely.
The hold Oprah seems to have on so many viewers and readers is frightening. She acts like she’s every viewers’ best friend when all she really wants is a needy audience to watch her show, follow her lead, buy her magazines, buy her books and but her movies and make her rich.
It’s all about marketing and money with Oprah - the $50 million 22,000 S/F home on 42 acres in CA, the $47 million private jet, the $55 million deal for 30 minutes a week on XM radio and on and on and on. Forbes estimates her worth at $1.4 BILLION!
There’s hardly a store you can go into without seeing her face on the cover of “O” or “O at Home” or one of her books or a tabloid or something. It’s really just too much O and I cannot figure out Y.
You raise outstanding points. She needs our prayers for sure because she is confused on many issues, especially those involving sexuality.
In a repeat airing of a recent show on gays who were “born that way” she repeated the falacious and refuted statistics that one in ten people are gay, the reality is that the stats show no more than 3% of the population is gay and most people do not know a homosexual person. But you’d never know that if all you trusted and watched was the liberal media that has a huge problem with reality.