Oprah Winfrey: Personal faith is distinct from institutional religion
Oprah Winfrey · a16z Podcast | Belief -- An Interview with Oprah Winfrey · Jan 2, 2019 · at 27:48
Media executive and host Oprah Winfrey discusses the distinction between personal faith and organized religion during a presentation of her documentary series 'Belief'.
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“Faith is a very personal thing. You know, religion, there are Hundreds and hundreds of religions in the world, but how you choose to believe and what your faith is and your relationship with that which you call the higher power, your creator, God, that's your personal thing.”
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