In recently watching Oprah claim that there are many ways to God and not just one, she is in effect saying that there are many paths that lead to God, and that there is more than one way to salvation. Just have an inward Christ-centeredness. That is all you need. She has given herself over to the New Age way of thinking, self enlightenment, finding God in ourselves. This type of humanistic, existentialism is opposed to teachings in the New Testament that frequently and clearly state that Jesus is the One and Only way which says that there is “no other name by which men [mankind] must be saved” except by the name of Jesus.

This “many paths” philosophy can not most certainly all be true and all at the same time. These philosophies embrace gods, some no gods, and others in reincarnation and so can not all can be right at the same time. There is either one god or many, none or some. The Law of Non-Contradiction states that it can not be both [or multiple] ways! Whatever a person’s beliefs might be, they will have absolutely no effect on stated facts. If you drop a rock and believe it will rise, it will fall nonetheless. Beliefs can not change a proven fact, however, facts can (as least they should) effect a person’s beliefs. Neither can beliefs alter or change a known fact. Beliefs can not create or change stated and known scientific facts.

Ancient world explorers once feared sailing the oceans for fear of falling off the edge of the earth (once thought to be flat). What they used to believe did not change the fact that the earth was a sphere. The fact that they eventually found out that it was spherical, changed their beliefs. Today's mass of talk shows seem to reveal at times, just how varied human opinions can be. What seems right to us can be a social blunder in another country. Shaking our head up and down for yes means no to some people groups. A thumbs up is an offensive gesture in the Middle East.

So what we are left with today is that fast-food, philosophical buffet; choose this, reject that, a dash of that. But can we be allowed to pick and choose what we like and don't like and still all be right? Dr. Phil, like Oprah, is on a first name basis with the mass American TV audiences and appears to have all the answers to the hordes of hurting and the maladjusted people who come to seek him as their last resort. If he doesn't have the answers, his teams backstage of expert therapists and other "resources" have them.

Nothing seems to be too difficult for him to solve after a brief interview in front of millions of American followers. Anyone might melt in the heat of live exposure, being grilled on TV, the perfect "good cop, bad cop" scenario and this Doctor's couch is shared by millions, anything but confidential. I am sure he is often right and makes some excellent observations, but he is so effective because he has a top degree, is a "Doctor," and thus commands respect in a way that Oprah cannot. Oprah has a following in the millions and the massive audience's are easily persuaded by her and Dr. Phil’s secular-humanistic philosophies. The potential influence is ominous.

A person’s philosophy will be completely useless after death and for what comes after it. To believe in only One Way, like Christian's do in Jesus, seems “intolerant” or “narrow minded”. However that is what is written in the Bible, which claims that there is no other way to eternal life except by the name of Jesus. I not only believe He is the Only Way, I know it.