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Summary: Conversations With God book 1
Review: Wow what a book! This book had more of an impact on my life than any other for many different reasons. Being brought up in a christian family I was taught God had flaws, he was almost human! So I never fully beleived the bible as it didnt fit with my sense of logic and what is right. How can God be perfect when he gets angry with people? How can God be love when the bible is full of fear teaching principles? My vision of God always seemed grander than any other christian I met and Conversations with God showed me that. It removed the fear that I felt from my upbringing, it removed my guilt and shame that I felt so often just for being a normal human like everyone else around me. It made it okay to want to grow as a person. But more than that it gave me answers to questions that made sense. For example, how is judgment a good thing? The bible is full of it but Conversations With God shows God as not being judgmental... if you create something then you are fully aware of what it will do. God knew our full capabilities of behaviour so how can he say we do wrong by committing a sin? There are no sins in her/his eyes, but man can use fear as a tool of control, Conversations With God demonstrates why and how, it shows a different view of the world where mankind can live on love alone, without guilt, or fear or anger or conditions. It allows us to grow as people not be ruled by fear and conditions which religion often uses.
It is the highest truth I have ever read and I recommend every person read it completely. Openmindedness is the key to all growth of mankind and this book opens peoples mind more than any other and did so for me.
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Summary: Liberal propaganda ruins what starts as a good message
Review: I believe its quite possible that Neale Donald Walsch tapped into the God within himself. The result of that connection may represent a small portion of this book. However, the message God may have wanted him to receive became mixed at some point with Walsch's own liberal preconceived notions. He must have kept writing long after the "conversation" with God had ended. My guess is that he interpreted anything that came into his head and onto paper after that as "God's words". Contradictions and absurdities are numerous in his writings. For instance, we are not ruining the earth. In fact, we are continuously striving to find new ways via technology, etc. to better the earth and our fellow man. The "global warming" that Walsch vaguely references has been happening naturally since the ice age, not since the introduction of the internal combustion engine. But I guess when people regard whatever whim or feelings they experience as truth, they have to ignore facts in order to continue promoting the agenda that makes them feel more "caring" or important. Also, Walsch contends that doctors "staunchly oppose" miracle drugs or cures in order to keep themselves in business. How incredibly absurd. I work in the medical field. In both my professional and personal life, I've seen only doctors who fervently seek out more cures and therapies and who encourage patients to use prayer and positive thinking to help in their recovery. They do so because of their humanity and because of their need to be effective to stay in business. Their INeffectiveness would render them pointless, not the other way around. How would Walsch explain the amazing medical advances of the last century? In Walsch's defense, he is only one among many people who have had experiences with God and have tainted the writings of those experiences with the politically correct, popular/fashionable culture of the time. Even God's word in the Bible becomes intermixed with such things in human recording and translation. God orders animal sacrifices and food to be prepared a certain way, tents to be built in certain colors and fabrics, etc. I think the lesson to be learned is that we should find God in ourselves and around us, in the Bible and other writings as well. But we should always remember that it is unlikely that a human will write God's word flawlessly or, in this case, without a bit of their own agenda or political ideals.
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Summary: Consider this.
Review: I myself have read this book completely at the request of a friend, who herself had agreed to read Romans. I can honestly see where it appeals to our most human desires. This book slams organized religion, and as a Christian, this doesn't surprise me given the church's spotty record at times and things perpetrated in the name of Christ.
But what ultimately makes this book wrong? The answer is actually simpler than we realize.
Walsh's assumption is that the Infinite God is not knowable in a personal way.
When Moses was at the burning bush, God revealed Himself with His Name, I AM. When Jesus revealed Himself, His Divinity, He used the name I AM. The OT & NT reveal consistently the character and the works of the great I AM, what He is about, what He has done in history, and what He will accomplish at the culmination of the ages, which I believe strongly we are in.
In Walsh's book, he, too, invokes the Divine Name, in a few places. Logically, you would expect these three revelations to be in complete agreement. The OT & NT are in agreement if you can accept your need for a Savior, but Walsh's book is filled with so many contradictions, how could it be from the same God? For instance, at one point, Walsh's God states that the NT authors didn't even know Jesus, and wouldn't have recognized Him if they "bumped into him on the street". All Christian and secular scholarship points to the reliability of the NT authors knowing Jesus, living with Him, interacting with Him. There isn't even a debate on this subject (e.g. The Gospel of Matthew was written by Matthew, the Apostle). I would expect Walsh's God to know this. Walsh throughout his book quotes Scripture to suit his purposes, but doesn't feel Scripture is God's Word. We can't have it both ways. If he doesn't agree with Scripture, why does He use it as authoritative to prove his point? People think Christianity is narrow, and that is because it is. But relativism (Walsh's view) is equally as narrow, making all truth okay except absolute truth. Walsh's God said "Hitler went to Heaven (pg. 61)." Consider. Many have abandoned Christianity because of Christians. Not having grown up in the Church, being born Jewish, and seeing Jesus as the Messiah, I can empathize with those who want to fill the spiritual void. That is a God-sized hole that can only be filled by God. Religiosity and hypocrisy is something that disgusts most, and actually Jesus had the same opinion. Read the Gospels and note how many times Jesus called people hypocrites. What is Christianity? If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. (Romans 10:9). You don't have to fullfil the OT law. You don't need an earthly priest. You don't need the Pope. All you need is nothing. Just come to Jesus, the great Heavenly High Priest. That's why it is called grace. That said, I would recommend for those who want to recommit their lives to the Lord, or for the first time, that you do attend church. The church doesn't save, only Jesus. That's what the Bible teaches consistently. But God speaks to us through other believers, so we need to be in community. Instead of this book, I recommend "Mere Christianity" by C.S. Lewis. Step out in Faith. He will catch you.
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Summary: Another door to positive progress for humanity...
Review: I would recommend this book to absolutely anyone, regardless of one's religious beliefs, etc. The entire trilogy is beautifully, powerfully written, and many the ideas that are discussed are like candles lighting the way for many generations to come...
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Summary: Conversations With God, Book 1, Book 2 and Book 3
Review: I would like to applaud Neal Donald Walsch for his courage and
insight in writing the Conversations series. I found all these
books to be extremely thought provoking and potentially life
changing. Some people are claiming these books are fakes simply
because "they are going against the Bible." To these people I
respectfully say, did you every stop to think that perhaps we
have been misinterpreting the Bible all these years? Just may-
be the Bible is written symbolically and not literally. For
example, what if "Satin" really means "ignorance" or a "mistake."
I certainly have nothing against religion, for I believe it has
its place in people's hearts and minds. But why is it always,
"my religion is not only the right one but the only one." Just
something to think about.
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Summary: It's completely unbiblical!
Review: This book is the complete opposite of what God really says! Neale Walsch is basically claiming to be a prophet through whom God speaks. But his "answers" to questions are not anywhere near what the Bible says. For example, he praises homosexuality and premarital sex, but in the Bible they're both sins. Also, in Galatians 1:6-8 it says, "I am astonished that you are so quickly desserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel - which is really no gospel at all. Evidentally some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned." God's saying here that he's not going to send anyone since Jesus to give us more insights into God's heart. That includes Mr. Walsch.
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Summary: interesting and provocative
Review: Did God really write the answers to this guy's questions by taking control of his arm? It's a strange image and the answer isn't really discussed in the book. Still, the ideas are interesing and organized religion gets a major drubbing! Concepts about God being judgmental and punishing sinners in Hell is totally blown out of the water. Interestingly enough, this book reminded me of a lot of things you hear when you do the Landmark Forum.... and they never claimed to be a religious institution. In the end, I'm left smiling but wondering what the real story behind this book is.
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Summary: Profound Food For Thought & Spiritual Awakening
Review: This was the Conversations With God book that really resonated with me when I first read it. Having previously read the first 2 books before I was fully ready for them, CWG 3 really got me to go back and review these ideas. This book tackles some of the really big issues of creation and existence, inspiring us to think outside the boxes that have been imposed on humanity by existing religious, social, and psuedo-scientific dogmas. Not everything in these dialogues is simply understood, as sometimes the implications of the dialogue are subtle. These dialogues encourage each of us to expand our mind and explore our connection with Creation, instead of giving people some dogmatic rules to make them feel like there are things they can do to satisfy "God." This book is an excellent, captivating contribution to the spiritual/metaphysical literature of our era, even though after you read it you may realize that EVERY conversation is a conversation with god, yet "God" is the infinite Source of existence and therefore can't be confined to human words or conversations. Enjoy that paradox!
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Summary: Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue
Review: This book goes completely against God's teaching. It appeals to the "now - ME " generation but has little real truth except what the author says. The other books by this author reveal the same thing in that it applauds homosexuality and the "if it feels right it must be right" mentality of this broken world. This should be titled "Conversations with satan"
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Summary: beware
Review: If you are into new age, or simply want a god who supports your belief system, this is the one for you. But be aware that it is not Biblically based. There are some interesting points in this book, but it is not founded on Christian beliefs or the Bible. The title would lead some to erroneously assume that the "God" the author is having conversations with is the God of the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. This is not true. Read it if you wish, but don't expect it to be Biblically based. I gave it one star only because that's as low as the scale goes. It deserves less.
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