Shirley Maclaine w/ Matt Lauer 11-7-07

[tobymays]

wacko

[odessyrcr589]

My god do I love this woman. Ouiser Boudreaux will forever live in my heart!

[marcN19]

I have always loved this women.

[Maeryanne]

I read 'Out on a Limb' in my early thirties, and this book woke me up. My Spiritual Journey became Conscious. ThankYou Shirley MacLaine. Namaste ~:}M{:~

[armjoint1]

What is preached about the Bible brain washes people.

[MegaLensman]

SHE FINALLY LEARNED TO BREATH LIKE A TURTLE COUSE SHE,S LOOKING THE SAME AS SHE DID IN THE 80,S .WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT DAVID MANNING CHARACTER IN "OUT ON THE LIMB"AND THE BRITISH POLITISION ?WHAT DID SHE DO DURING THE NEXT 25 YEARS AFTER THAT NOVELL ANY EXTRATERRESTRIEL THIRD GRADE EXPEARIANCE ?DID SHE WENT BACK TO PERU?ARE SHE ALONE ?SURE IS ONE MYSTERIOUS LADY!!!!!!!!

[cheeriosinabowl]

Shirley has done it all. Wow, what a wild and interesting life she has had, I wonder if she has any regrets? What more could she do, what she hasn't done already?

I would love to have lunch with her and listen to her life, stories, etc. I would then love to make love to her.

[direfranchement]

Shirley MacClaine is one of the best actresses of the 20th century. I will never forget her performance in "Terms Of Endearment"---one of the greatest meltdown scenes of all time. "Get my daughter the shoooooooootttt!!!!!!".

[ScrapNfight]

Matt Lauer is so OBNOXIOUS. He's always quoting somebody else. No center about himself. He interviews as if he's performing for the back balcony.

[chthonic19]

i love both matt lauer and shirley maclaine.

[clrain]

I can't stand that guy.

[hjaeko]

why is this guy looking like he is attacking her?

[dwdream2]

With all that is said one main behavior has been over looked. It is called respect for the freedom to believe what we choose to believe. Each of us have our own trueth to believe. Many paths with the same destination. Let people be as they are, and respect and appreciate the differences we all contribute. We will never be clones of each other weither spiritual or physical. Religon is not to control, as it has been misused in the pass, and the present, it should be used as a way to enlighten us.

[Mccnuget]

I agree completely. But people who believe in these conspiracies do so through, sometimes, severe psychological alements.

There is a reason, the successful, the well founded and, what we call, the interlectuals don't believe in UFO's or conspiracy theories.

The demonisation of the establishment and the feeling of lone enlightenment is how these people feel important.

But as i said, to each his own. Even Hindus. (kidding) (Or am I?)

[parlezuml]

@dwdream2 We become enlightended by rejecting blind faith and embracing evidence.

[dwdream2]

@parlezuml Evidence, and experience.

[parlezuml]

@dwdream2 Experience is subjective and unreliable. That's why we have the scientific method, because what we THINK we see and hear is demonstrably the most fallible kind of evidence.

[igystrvigy]

Shirley has no idea what's on the other side. Jesus might greet her and say "why should I let you into my Father's house?" To which she might reply how she was a good person. But good according to whom, another sinful human? Christ will reply, "depart from me, I never knew you." Shirley MacLaine and many with beliefs like hers will spend eternity separated from God continually regretting their foolish ways while on earth. Spirituality without truth is rubbish. Know God through Jesus Christ.

[witheyes2c]

Why would a loving God (the Creator that I respect and love) punish someone for beliefs if they've actually lived the very moral law said by Jesus to "love God with all of yourself" and "love your fellow man as yourself"? It seems like 'christians' are more violent than people like Shirley Maclain; they are the one condenming everyone to hell for not accepting their own not so uniform beliefs.

[igystrvigy]

Your comment brings up the most unique fact about Christianity vs. other religions. Other religions claim that if you follow the rules you will achieve salvation. Christianity states that no matter what one does they can never achieve salvation on their own; it is a free gift of God in Christ. Christianity never states that followers of Christ will be perfect in this life, and for anyone to claim imperfect Christians as examples of the faith's irrelevance are ignorant, attacking straw men.

[witheyes2c]

"Be ye also perfect...as your father is perfect..." That's 1st off. 2nd, since when does man determine what another human's perfection ought to be. Outside of the basic moral law of love and kindness, no one has a right to tell another how to live. YES Chrisitianity does too do this--tell people how to live their lives. They shun those who free-think and ask questions. Who claimed that faith was irrelevant?? I know I didn't. And you never addressed the question I asked.

[dwdream2]

Typical Christian. At least she has a open mind, your closed off, and don't know a thing. It's obvious you don't know God.

[igystrvigy]

See my comment to witheyes2c, dwdream2.

I have a very open mind, knowing that if I open it too far (as you have done) my brain will fall out and I'll believe all sorts of garbage. It is obvious that I don't know your constructed god, as it's obvious that you do not know my God, The God, the Living God as revealed in His Word, the Holy Bible.

Yes, my mind is closed—closed off to all sorts of lofty speculations that ignore basic properties of reality, causality and logic. I only seek the truth.

[witheyes2c]

You imply that the rest of us aren't in search of truth. That is the type of closed-minded outlook that nonChrisitans fear. When people decide that other who don't believe what they do deserve death (hell). That is not what God is about. On what two laws did Jesus say hang all the law and the prophets? Love doesn't say, I love you but you must die because you didn't believe, even though you did everything else right. Get real.

[igystrvigy]

Eyes2c, you've pointed out the greatest commandments, but seem to have forgotten just what is hanging from them: the Law. God is loving and merciful, yes, but his nature demands justice and the destruction of the wicked. This is not an optional law hanging above his head, it is his being, as you and I breathe, he is perfectly just. We can either accept the cross of Christ or hang up there ourselves. And the prophets, who state that the Lord is one, the only savior of the world (Is. 43,45)

[witheyes2c]

You know what's funny, people who hide behind a Bible they really don't understand, don't truly study with an open eye, and let "the Holy Spirit" as they say do the actual interpreting rather than another man.

It took me leaving the church to finally BEGIN to understand God. Otherwise, it typically really is blind leading the blind.

Thanks for supporting my comment.

[witheyes2c]

I re-read your comment, I'm so sorry I ever thought like that. It is so prejudice! But that's what spiritual journey is all about, learning and growth. Not that I have anything against Jesus (good man, wonderful teacher with NEW ideas about life). If only the people who claim to know God would actually realize that "other sheep I have, who are not of this flock..."

But fine, let's say Jesus is "the way". What command is greater than all others?

[igystrvigy]

No offense taken, eyes2c. But I ask you this: Can Jesus really be just a "good man" when he claimed to be the One True God, dwelling in human flesh? Either he is insane, or a liar; if he was a liar should we really consider him good? Maybe he was stating the truth, in which case he is to be worshiped and obeyed, as the only path to salvation. If God is real, then he has real properties which cannot contradict one another. Jesus is either THE way, THE truth and THE life or not. No in between.

[witheyes2c]

igy, i do believe he can be just a good man/god in human flesh. but you wouldnt understand why I feel that way so I'll keep it to myself. I don't think HE was a liar or insane, but rather brilliant. To each his/her own. I don't knock u 4 ur beliefs. As a christian, you definitely have no right to knock others for theirs (the higher standard and all). That's all I ever intended to get across. The bible admonishes us not to judge because of the consequences of doing so.

[igystrvigy]

Eyes2c, you quoted only a portion of John 10:16 in an attempt to claim that there are multiple paths. Don't forget that Jesus continues saying that "them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be ONE flock and ONE shepherd" (my emphasis).

Also, Matt. 7:13. There are just two gates, the wide one leading to destruction and the narrow and difficult one leading to eternal life.

Also, Prov. 16:25, "There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death."

[witheyes2c]

Also igy, I quoted the part that I could remember at the time. I don't read the bible as you do, I read it as I do, therefore, neither of us really should throw it at each other. As DWDream said, each of us have our own truth.

BTW- great witness texts you used there. :-)

Prov 16:25 used to be my email signiture.

[igystrvigy]

witheyes2c, the Bible is not a phone book. It is not a list of facts from which to pick and choose, but a narrative with a unifying story from beginning to end (that of God's salvation of man). As with reading any book (consider a classic novel) there are certain indisputable events that occur as there are implied details. The implied details are only properly gleaned from understanding the whole story and using it to interpret gray areas. We do NOT each have our OWN truth. Truth is absolute.

[Andromeda1741]

Allright Shirley !!!!

[jnartist]

Shirley tells it like it is. My mind stops and the stillness of my heart opens when I hear her speak.

[whitebengal987]

I love her confidence and strength. What a gal.

[fernie1981]

i don't care about the ufos and aliens, I want to hear about her experiences in life, without all the crazy crap.

[Jaxalen]

i'm the exact opposite. i couldn't give a damn about her meetings with dean martin and frank sinatra. i want to hear all the dirt on ufo's and aliens. fun stuff. ooooooh, it's demonic.

[BalmTree]

which ever presidential candidates who admits UFO's and extraterrestrials exits. And promise full disclosure to the world, will have my vote!!!

[islgrl292]

Go Shirley!

[Kiwimaid]

This is one Lady who has totally got the meaning of life, she has embraced life and and never stopped learning, she is fantastic

[JoshuaSkye]

You rock and 100% right!

[sineaddeburca]

I love the way Shirley MacLaine is so poised in all these interviews... even O'Reilly! She is not threatened in the least by questions or skepticism.

[irishangel13]

Shirley, you are amazing! Calm, serene - you've always "gotten" it - and thanks for sharing it with the rest of us! Good job Matt

[canadaox]

Our government doesn't ackowledge aliens because we are being run by them. The don't want the truth to come out.

[XpixieprincessX]

It's an iteresting insight. I think she chooses to beleive this. If God wanted us to think this way, I think he would have mentioned it somewhere along the way, don't you?

[azimiga]

There are many things God does not mention in this life... he never mentioned AIDS did he... being patient, open and ALL LOVING I think is what God expects from all of us.

[tibaby2010]

did he really say that shirley's at the age of passing friends? That seems weird.

[howmuchfunisthis]

It's a compassionate and respectful way of speaking about her age.  Many people, as they age, are beginning to depart the planet from fear and ignorance.

[tibaby2010]

Still, I wouldn't want to be reminded of it in front of thousands watching TV. I love Shirley so much, I couldn't think of her not being with us.

[howmuchfunisthis]

No need for concern. Shirley embraces everything about life, including her years of experience.

[DemeterMuse]

Now THAT'S an interview!

Respectful.

[666angelicangel666]

A true complete woman.