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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-24-10 03:30 PM Original message |
Picked up 'The Secret' from the library |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-24-10 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. H.L. Mencken said it best: |
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ezgoingrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-24-10 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
2. Recommended for the use of "ferengi". |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-24-10 04:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. +1 LOL nt |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-24-10 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. Total scam. I fucking hate woo woo and the people who push it. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-24-10 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. My aunt was all about that book for a while. |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-24-10 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
5. The comments sound just like comments 35 yrs ago about EST. They also won over a grand following of |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-24-10 04:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Prosperity gospel, Name it claim it. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-24-10 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
6. Oprah is the biggest example of the prosperity gospel that "The Secret" preaches. |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-24-10 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
7. "I see that a lot of them also have controversy surrounding them as well" .... |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-24-10 04:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. First off, they are all "self-help" lecturers. |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-24-10 04:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. thx nt |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-24-10 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
9. Here's a serious doco showing just how real it is. |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-24-10 06:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Chaser's rule! n/t |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-24-10 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
11. This shit is why schools should teach logic and critical reasoning from an early age. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-24-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. +1 |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-24-10 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
13. I got it a few months back,read about twnety pages,and returned it to the library. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-24-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I borrowed the video from the library. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-24-10 05:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Oh it get's better |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-24-10 08:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. I've heard the notion that it's more effective to be pro-peace than anti-war. |
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Lucy Goosey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-24-10 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
18. I can't help but find it kind of hilarious. |
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CanSocDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-24-10 06:19 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. snicker.... |
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Alias Dictus Tyrant (401 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-24-10 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
21. The semantic value of these books will fit on a cocktail napkin. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-24-10 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
22. "What are people like Oprah Winfrey doing promoting this hokum? " |
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