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Summary: A truly blessed work ...
Review: ...FREE YOUR MIND. Share the beautiful, loving possibilites of God. Share your ideas. Share this book. Thank you Neale Donald Walsch for having the courage to share your valid, wonderful version of God. I prefer this God to the horrible, judgemental God of Dobson & the "Christian Right". I am getting my Master's degree in High School Guidance Counseling, and will be sure to share this book as often as needed.
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Summary: Oneness
Review: Conversation with God for Teens and the CWG trilogy are the most inspirational books I have ever read. This book is a sum-up of all philosophies and spiritual teachings that are ever presented in human time. It is definitively not a book that backup Christianity but readers can find the answers implied the wisdoms and teachings from Buddhism, Taoism, Metaphysics and other spiritual teachers living in the modern time. Indeed, readers may discover that the book materials also clearly explain several abstract concepts in modern physics including "Time Dilation" and "Time Continuum" in the Relativistic Theory.
"There are three basic wisdoms that run through the entire dialogue. These are: 1.We Are All One. 2. There's Enough. 3. There's Nothing We Have To Do." That is, we receive what we give.
"There is no right or wrong, only what works." Some one would accuse this statement because it may seem absurd. Nonetheless, who will damage themselves if they understand the karma of cause and effect?
We still have chance to change our world and terminate all abuses and pollutions that contaminate our inner and exterior worlds. I highly recommend this book to all teens wishing to find their answers regarding suffering, meaning of life, spirituality and death,
Be the Changers.
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Summary: Positively deceptive
Review: Don't be deceived by the title - "Conversations with God." This is NOT a Christian book based on the Bible. It's based on utter nonsense that this author has produced. If you're looking for inspiration in life, and if you're interested in a book called "Conversations with God," I'd have to assume you are, try the Bible. This book leaves you with a feeling that you exist for nothing and will always be nothing. Don't buy it for yourself, and don't buy it for your youngsters. This is everything BUT a Christian book, contradictory to what the cover suggests.
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Summary: A "must read" of you're a teenager or a parent
Review: I am writing this review with the hope that someone in a dilemma to give this book a try would lean *for* it seeing this.
As this book itself says several times, you don't need to beleive that Neale had a conversation with God to trust in the contents. Why not read what the book has to offer and then conclude based on the contents? Personally, I found the contents very relevant, down-to-earth, honest and unpretentious.
Needless to say, it would contradict with the Bible on several occasions - but it never claimed otherwise anywhere. The basic premise of the book is to offer observations - and it says "what works" in today's scenario and "what doesn't" - given what we choose to experience as human beings.
I read several reviews that quoted the contents of this book out of context - which would make the statements sound absurd. To state a few examples
"Life has no purpose" - this was listed to illustrate that Life has no universal purpose (or no single purpose for the human race as a whole). You make your own purpose based on your preferences, values, experiences and so on. Don't you think this makes sense, and is a fact for all of us?
"Have sex with anyone..." - perhaps, it would have been helpful if this statement was quoted with the passages discussing the implications - STD, pregnancy and so on.
I wish I could quote every single bad review on this book and write my viewpoints on what the book actually discussed. At worst, it boils down to a disagreement, which is nowhere close to a blasphemy I think.
My request to you (if you haven't read the book already) is to read the book with an open-mind. Suspend all judgements and see what the book has to offer. If you find it relevant, use it. Otherwise discard it. Personally, I found *everything* in this book relevant.
I am not a parent - If I was, I wouldn't hesitate to give this to my child. If you think this is the work of Satan, I would say that Satan makes much more sense than God :)
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Summary: A New Age god
Review: I bought two copies of this book: One for my daughter and one for my niece. I have learned a huge lesson...never judge a book by its cover! The book states several times that there is no point or purpose to life. How sad. It left me feeling that we will live existentially if we follow the god in this book. The book suggests that there are no consequences for sin because God doesn't forgive sin since he's not offended by it. On at least one page, the book refers to God in the female sense, never saying that God is female, but using pronouns such as "her" and "she." This book, in my opinion, is spiritual poison. I'm very disappointed in Scholastic for distributing a book like this; I always thought the books from Scholastic would be safe to read. This book describes a new age god and attempts to mislead, misinform and confuse our teenagers.
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Summary: Blasphemy!
Review: I do not know what kind of God Mr. Walsch speaks to (or thinks he is), but it is most certainly not the God I worship every day of my life. This book is full of answers you would expect to hear from the devil himself. If Mr. Walsch ever attended a church service (and listened to it) one day in his life, I think he'd know that God would never say "You can have as much sex as you want, every day of your life, and it will be okay with everybody." In the Bible itself (which comes from the teachings of God), it says that sex is a sacred thing that is to be kept within the bonds of marriage. It does not say to have as much sex as you want...with any person, any boy-friend/girl-friend you say you love. While I'm sure this book was well-intended, it is full of blasphemy that would never come from the God I know.
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Summary: Not for true Christians
Review: I must first start out in saying that in no way am I a Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell type of Christian. I'm extremely liberal, in fact. I bought this book because I thought it'd shed some light on some of my own beliefs, plus I love Alanis Morissette.
First of all, I don't care who you are, do not presume that you can convey the voice of God to me. Do not type on a page His words, unless you have a Bible verse to back it up.
Secondly, the author totally disregards the Bible in this book...Sex? You want to have sex? Go right ahead, do what you want! Is that really the message you want to give your teenage kids? I'm only 17 myself, but goodness...as if there isn't enough pressure in the world already..
There are far better books out there on God than this one, and no, they aren't always extremely judgemental and hypocritical.
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Summary: NOT for Christians!
Review: I picked this up at a thrift store for my 15 year-old son, without reading it first. Fortunately my son read it on a long car trip, so I could hear him say things like, what a load of crap!and this sounds more like a conversation with Satan!
So, I asked to see the book and I was shocked! This is definitely not written from a Christian perspective. Relative truth, situational ethics and man-centered views abound. My son disliked the book so much that he tore it up and threw it away!
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Summary: Has the power to change the world!
Review: This book is one of the greatest books I have ever read. The words written in this book have the power to make the world we live in a better place. Unfortunately for some people, who have become so brainwashed, through differing religions, that claim to be the "right religion" and the only true way to god, they see this book as nothing but blasphemy. As long as this world continues to hold judgments (such as the ones shown by these people)we're never going to have true peace. It's ironic that religion has become one of the foremost reasons for conflict and civil-war in this world. If everyone gave up the thought of 'being right' then the problems of the world would be over. As the book says "There is no right or wrong, only what works"
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Summary: Truth
Review: This is a great book for teens. I have two teen boys and I am happy that they have this book. It's very no-nonsense and approachable, all about love and acceptance - things that are important and kids want to talk about. It makes the reader think, and shows how we can have to take responsibility for our own lives and our own decisions.
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