Monday, March 24, 2008

New Heresies Defined



Adam's Ale has a rather amusing list of new heresies he'd like to see defined, including one that I've seen being embraced, but to my knowledge, had yet to be given a name:
DONUTISM – (Not to be confused with old heresy known as Donatism) Donutism is the propensity for some Catholics to leave their parish and join a denomination based on the quality of the donuts and coffee that is served before, after, and during Sunday services.
In that spirit, we figured we'd define a new heresy of our own:

Oprahism: A spiritual corruption that focuses on subjects, but not objects. The subject is clearly always the non-specific individual, the action suggested to that individual usually implies a vague movement from a low-to-high state of spiritual or material attainment, and concrete instruction as to how to reach that state is usually omitted and replaced by clapping for those who have somehow ascended. For instance, girlfriends are often encouraged to "go ahead," without any indication as to which way is ahead, or necessarily how to get there. Ophrahites really like Eckhart Tolle and Deepak Chopra, and, because of the blurriness of their spiritual vision, are prone to thinking that Jesus and Buddha are basically the same dude.

Feel free to add whatever heresy you think needs defining to the list, and maybe you, like St. Nicholas, can digitally sock a modern error in its heretical nose.

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