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judge · 05-11-2006, 04:54 PM

Marianne Willaimson, does anyone know anything about her?

801live · 05-11-2006, 05:03 PM

Hmm. Yeah!! My ex-wife is into her. I think I've gotten some of her quotes from her via email. My ex is an avid A Course In Miracles, student. I think that's where she ran across her.

Deacon Doubtmonger · 05-11-2006, 10:22 PM

Skeptic's Dictionary is your friend.

Clivedurdle · 05-12-2006, 03:26 AM

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Williamson might be called Oprah's patron saint

I wish sometimes I was immorral enough to peddle this bollocks and make a fortune!

Where on a list do people put snake oil persons, above or below drug barons, human traders, gun runners and mafiosi?

fjripit · 05-12-2006, 05:09 AM

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Originally Posted by judge

Marianne Willaimson, does anyone know anything about her?

Unfortunately, she lives in my general vicinity in Michigan. I think she is commonly referred to as a high priestess of the new age, or some such BS. The last I heard of her was an editorial she supplied to the Detroit Free Press urging people to pray to keep the bird flu away, which I thought was pretty damn funny.

She has reprinted it on her blog here. Rereading it this time, I find it is not so much funny, but mindless, mindnumbing blather. Yechh.

http://www.mwblog.com/journal/archiv...ng_away_th.php

Duck · 05-12-2006, 08:00 AM

Marianne Williamson is a bit like a homeopath who tells someone to stop using leeches to alleviate a fever. IOW, she does offer some good advice to traditional Christians (namely, that they don't need to feel guilty because of their purported "sinfulness"), but she adds a layer of mysticism to an approach that is presented as being rational.

To the extent that she encourages people to question religious dogma, Williamson does a service to humanity. But, her "new improved" dogma perpetuates a belief in an ineffable (but still personal) entity.

Duck · 05-12-2006, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Clivedurdle

I wish sometimes I was immorral enough to peddle this bollocks and make a fortune!

Seems that maybe you already are, but you're not really interested in making a fortune.

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801live Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Hillsboro, OR., USA (Road Rage Capital of the PNW) Posts: 88	Hmm. Yeah!! My ex-wife is into her. I think I've gotten some of her quotes from her via email. My ex is an avid A Course In Miracles, student. I think that's where she ran across her.

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Duck Regular Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Walden Pond Posts: 274	Marianne Williamson is a bit like a homeopath who tells someone to stop using leeches to alleviate a fever. IOW, she does offer some good advice to traditional Christians (namely, that they don't need to feel guilty because of their purported "sinfulness"), but she adds a layer of mysticism to an approach that is presented as being rational. To the extent that she encourages people to question religious dogma, Williamson does a service to humanity. But, her "new improved" dogma perpetuates a belief in an ineffable (but still personal) entity.

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