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Summary: A Reader
Review: I read these books shortly after they came out, but did not comment on them at that time. However, having gone back to them I finally felt that I needed to say something about them. I don't believe that Walsch was not communicating with God, but his own subconscious mind. Yes the "communications" are very inspiring, uplifting, and would naturally bring a sense of peace to those reading them. However, my Christian faith has continued to deepen and personally, I would rather stick with the classics of Christian spirituality such as The Cloud of Unknowing, St. John of the Cross, St. Teresa of Avila, Thomas Merton, and of course the Bible itself. I agree with another reader who said that the way to holiness and sanctity is hard work and that we have to become open to receive God's loving Grace. The writings of all of these Christian saints and mystics cant' all be wrong! It is difficult for us humans to align our wills with God's Will. And I might add also that it is not just the Christian mystics that tell of the difficult road to true spirituality. Look also the the saints and mystics of the East and they say essentially the same thing. It is hard work. Finally I will add that at this time I am going throug my library cleaning out books that I no longer need, or have read and do not need to keep. I am sorry to say that Walsch's "Conversations" will be among those that are to be swept out.
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Summary: One Pearl of Wisdom in a Sea of Many
Review: If one conducted market research with a sample group of 1 then many would agree that not much can be deduced about the subject from the information gained. This principle can be applied to matters of religion & spirituality. If you put all your faith and trust in one piece of literature you too will not learn much. Conversations With God alone is not the new Bible. It is one of many books out there that will help you gain a better understanding of the mysteries of Life and the Universe. Read it and others like it and your own personal puzzle will begin to take shape.
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Summary: It's not satanic, it just is
Review: If you are ready to hear new ideas about God, your relationship with God, and to look at your own spirituality, this is a book to do that. I have read every book by Neale Donald Walsch except for The New Revelations. I also saw Neale Donald Walsch speak in Florida about 1 month ago. I have to tell you that the best part about reading these books is that EVEN IF YOU BELIEVE THE BOOKS ARE OF SATAN, that's ok, it doesn't harm anything....Keep looking for books that ring true to your heart. Just read it, attempt to conceptualize what you read & then accept or disregard the information! The knowledge in these books are for those who hear it ring true to them. Just as the Bible or the Koran or the Torah (written by humans) may suit your beliefs and faith, this is another tool written by a human being that may ring true with other human beings. The bottom line is that whatever you read, see or hear that causes you to do more good, to care more, to lead a life of truth without hypocrisy, is GOOD FOR YOU! These books are not trying to convert you into a religion. This book delves into who you are and what that means in the world we live in. Not everything in the book will be believed and accepted by every person on the planet. That is not the point. It is an understanding of who/what God is. It is also a book that challenges you to look at things differently. To question some of the things you have been taught about God and your relationship with God. IT IS NOT MEANT TO OVERTURN ALL OF YOUR BELIEFS ABOUT GOD. Rather, it is there to enhance or evolve your beliefs about God and spirituality. Whatever works to cause you to be better at sharing goodness with yourself and others is worth a read!
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Summary: Contempt Prior to Investigation?
Review: I'm intrigued by people who choose to review a book that they have not in fact even read. From reading through the reviews of the individuals who choose to call this series of books "the work of Satan," it would appear that this is the case. There is a wonderful quote that may be helpful to these individuals. "There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance --- that principle is contempt prior to investigation."
--- Herbert Spencer Me thinks those who protest so loudly have perhaps not read the books. Of course, that's only my opinion, and worth exactly what you've paid for it!
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Summary: A conversation of all conversations....no phone needed
Review: This book is one of those books I can say thats life changing. The way you view the world, people, how things operate and run. It just makes you take a long look at how and why everything is the way it is. At first I was skeptical about getting this after my friend told me...thinking that it was just another one of "those" books but I was wrong. Even if you dont agree with everything in this.....you do awaken thoughts and choices in your head just from the questions that are brought up. It raises many views and really comes across in a way that keeps you reading for more and more the deeper you get into the book. Anyone who is looking for the philisophical, thought provoking book needs to get this. It is worth every penny on this one. Get it!!!
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Summary: A False Teaching
Review: The Bible said to beware of false prophets and teachings. I believe this book to be exactly that. As for the last reviewer, of COURSE you are supposed to feel peace, love, and joy from reading it. Of COURSE you want to share it!! That's what Satan wants you to do, and unfortunately people will fall for it by the sense of "peace" the book gives. How can that be anything but God, right? Wrong. Satan is a trickster and a liar. He never says "don't believe in God!!". He does his best to turn your face from Him, while all the while you believe you are walking right alongside Him. Please don't fall for this. Unfortunately walking with God is tough. We live in a world that is not compatible with Heaven and its perfection. I stumble every day trying to walk with Him. His laws are tough, but He loves us unconditionally and gives us mercy when we ask forgiveness for our sins through His Son. If anyone thinks this book is an inspiration of God, just read the version for teens that tells them to have as much sex as they want because "showing love is never wrong". What about AIDS? STDs? Pregnancy? Those things that responsible parents teach their kids about sex because they love them. Think about it, if we are responsible parents, then surely God is. We are His children to protect as well. To protect is a basic instinct. If not given by God, then whom? If there is no need to protect, why would that instinct have been placed in us? If we have laws, surely God does too. You think Satan doesn't use words of love, peace, and joy to deceive? He is a liar and the father of lies. He will tell you to love your neighbor and bring peace to the world. He does that to carry out his plans, so you will think it is God Himself speaking so he can defame God's teachings to you. Teachings about sex, morality, behavior, etc. If he spreads words of joy while telling you there is no hell and consequences for actions, then he can cause you to sin. The book is a relief to many because it makes them believe that walking by a law of God is not necessary for salvation. Don't you see the obvious contradiction to this? There was a law in place just to be able to create this universe. There is a stark contradiction to what this book teaches to everything around us that is evidence that we are children of a God of order. Morality, compassion, justice, reason--these are all gifts from Him. Please, please listen to this. This book was designed by at best a willing victim and at worst just a creative fraud. However it was conceived it will lead you FROM God rather than to Him. Believe me, I know how desirable it seems to live in a world where we didn't have to follow the laws of God. Wouldn't that be great? That is the part of me that is human. The part that doesn't want to follow Him because it's too tough. The part Satan will try to control, through words of peace and light. Satan would love for you to believe he doesn't exist, that there is no hell, that the Bible is not an inspired book. If he can make you believe the Bible is not inspired you will have no interest in reading it. If you read it you will know right away what and who you were listening to with GWG. He wants your guard down. He wants you to believe he doesn't exist and there is no such thing as hell. That's the best way for him to get you there. I would love to believe there is no hell either, but the Bible teaches that there is indeed such a place. Do you really believe that God would allow thousands of generations to pass who believed largely in the inspired teachings of the Holy Bible, just to be proven wrong by some American guy thousands of years later in the 21st century that must have gotten it right after Jesus and all of the others that came before Him got it wrong?. Please think about this in depth, and your common sense will eventually appeal to you. Hold CWG up to the Bible and its teachings. Hold it up and compare the two types of teachings. If they contradict, you have your answer. A false teaching, just as the Bible predicted would happen over the course of our lives. Fortunately the Bible gives us clues to know this when it happens. Know the scriptures. If they contradict with the teachings of this man or anyone who teaches a supposed inspired work, it is false. And it is.
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Summary: Moral cavemen
Review: Okay, let's get right to the bottom line: This book was written for people who want all the warm, fuzzy, "spiritual" feelings of believing in God, but who don't want to deal with the challenges and sacrifices that go along with believing in morality. Since both the advocates and the opponents of this book share the common ground of believing in God, let's focus our attention on the issue where we part company, namely: morality. The author of this book (and his fans) believe that God is not a moral being - that he does not care one way or the other how we behave. To this assertion, I would like to pose this simple question: If our creator is not moral, why are we? Why do humans beings bear a trait that our creator does not? Face it, EVERY human society in the history of the world has had a moral code of some kind. These moral codes may differ slightly from place to place and from time to time (although, not nearly as much as you might think), but the inescapable fact remains that there is obviously something in the human instinct that says there is such a thing as morals. My next question is: Where did this moral instinct come from? I'm sure the author of this book would be quick to say that it's been imposed upon us by big, mean, organized religions such as Christianity. But that assertion doesn't hold up under scrutiny. Moral codes existed in all pagan cultures long before the birth of Christ or Mohammed (just read your Greek mythology). Even today, there are tribes of people in this world who have never even heard the name of Jesus who have very strict moral codes. In fact, the more primitive and isolated cultures tend to have the most strict moral codes of all. So where did this moral instinct come from? Some may say it's the product of evolution. But this assertion doesn't square with the facts either. Evolution, after all, is based upon the theory of survival of the fittest. It doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure out that it would be precisely the IMMORAL cavemen who would have been the most likely to survive - since they would have felt absolutely no guilt when stealing from or murdering the moral cavemen in their competitive struggle for food and shelter. No, there is only one logical answer to the question of where our moral instinct came from, and that is God. Morality is a "god-like" trait which our creator instilled in us when he made us. Face it: God IS a moral being. And since God is the ultimate, perfect being, his sense of morality is perfect as well. Folks, you can run but you can not hide. God absolutely cares about how you behave. The proof is that we care too.
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Summary: NOT BLASPHEMOUS,A WAKE UP CALL!VERY ENLIGHTENING.
Review: Coming from an ordained ministers' viewpoint,I found this book to be very enlightening!A wakeup call if you will.Tis a sad time we live in when others bring their religionistic dogmatic views into play.This is the most PROFOUND book i have ever read,Which speaks the TRUTH to all who read it,feel it,live it!You will actually feel in your heart that you are indeed conversing directly with God.If you are searching for Gods' truth than search no further,for you will find all of your answers and all your knowingness thruout your lifetime VALIDATED,finally!!I highly recommend all of Walschs' Conversations with God materials.I commend Neale Donald Walsch courage for stepping forth and sharing his personal conversations with all of us and bringing forth the TRUTH.What a refreshing WAKEUP CALL!Everybody should have this material in their possession,EVERYBODY!God Bless Mr.Walsch & God Bless you.
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Summary: Conversations with God - a common monologue
Review: My review is on the basis of a Christian perspective on what he writes as follows: As a writer Walsch does a tremendous job.... as truth the work is ultimately imaginary and fictional. One primary example is Walsch's "Conversation with God" on the Devil: Walsch writes:
p14 'And so you have created in your mythology the being you call "devil". My Notes:
Here is the most crucial point of analysis of any "Voice" or "spirit" that says it speaks from God or for God...
Possible scenarios
- Walsch is correct and all that Christianity & Ancient Judaism teaches is the product of false teaching,
- Walsch is correct and so was Christianity & Ancient Judaism once but what they now teach is the product of corrupted teaching,
- Walsch is not correct and what he teaches is the product of faulty or corrupted teaching,
- Walsch is not correct and all he teaches is knowingly or unknowingly the product of the very one whose real existence he now seeks to hide by deception. It is very important for me to know whether or not the words I read in my Bible, both Old Testament and New are a true reflection of what was actually recorded by those ancient writers and apostles and actually spoken by Jesus. Only when I am sure of that source can I use those writings as any kind of reliable measuring stick for other "new revelations" such as those presented here by Walsch as "Conversations with God". The Dead Sea Scrolls are among the vast range of Archaeological material which does, in fact, support the accuracy of the text of the Bible as handed down to us today. Could it be that the ancient Jewish nation did not hear correctly from God? Could the Christians have recorded accurately but not have realized that what Jesus told them wasn't true after all? These are serious considerations. What evidence do we have that the Bible Truths are genuine Truth? One way is for us to examine material outside the Bible and see if there is a ring of truth to it? For Example: The Bible stories of a global flood. Are they supported by other historical records outside the Bible? The answer is "Yes!" Here are a few such records: ATRAHASIS EPIC - Akkadian Language; GILGAMESH EPIC Akkadian Language - early 2nd millennium B.C.; Flood Story of the Babylonians; Press, Oxford, 1989. Chaldean Flood Myth; Australian Flood Myth Grumuduk, I have chosen one small example of how the Bible record is supported by material outside of it. A closer examination finds that indeed there are many historical facts that support the Bible record. We are challenged therefore to accept the Bible rendition of truth as one which has reliable outside witnesses. Now let's see what the Bible does say about this issue of personal Devil. Jesus says of good Jews who reject His teaching:
"44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies. 45 Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me!" John 8:44-45
"31 When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left." Matthew 25:31-33
"Then he will say to those on his left, `Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels." Matthew 25:41 The conclusion is this: Walsch's "Conversations with God" are at opposite ends to what the Bible upheld by Jews, Christians and respected by Islam would accept as truth... we cannot take them serious as "God's voice", however the issues raised by Walsch are pertinent and at times the Christian faith in particular has been deficient in its stating of the truth and its acting out these truths as proclaimed purely by the Lord Jesus. With respect, Len Bradley - Gold Coast Australia
For a more detailed review write Len_Bradley@Bigfoot.com
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Summary: True Spirituality
Review: If only the rating would allow ten stars, I'd give CWG 11. Yet, I'm surprised at how negatively some people still reacted after reading the material. Judging by their comments, I think it's either they totally missed the point or that they were too afraid that their old beliefs would be challenged, or even shattered, so chose to keep their minds and heart closed.(As God said in that book, fear is the greatest hindrance to the full expression of one's self.) No, my friends. Walsch never intended to confuse anyone, or to demolish your religious beliefs. In fact, his book provides for better understanding, higher consciousness, responsibility, and awareness of our unity with the Creator and all people. The funny thing is, we already know this. We just don't remember. In CWG, the three main points were: (1) We are all one. There is no separation between us. We, and all works of nature, are all Gods in different(but not divided)formations. God is creating and experiencing the universe through us. And in the "end", through all our experiences, all of us will end up fully REMEMBERING that we have always been united with Him (the Source, the Absolute, the Prime Mover, the Uncaused Cause, the Force, God, Allah, Jehovah) since the beginning, until now, and so it shall still be in the future. There is only GOD! Get it? (2) There is (more than) enough. There is no such thing as scarcity contrary to what Economics strongly suggests. I work for a company that cans tuna, and everyday, I witness the volume of fish inside a ship's hatches. It's more than enough to feed a whole country, believe me. That's just one ship. We humans created scarcity (because of greed or fear of insufficiency);then we created Economics to solve the problem that we ourselves created. Thought is creative. (3) There is nothing we have to do to survive or to please God. Our surival is guaranteed. Life is eternal (it is the infinite, the immortal, GOD). It cannot be "created" nor destroyed, only transformed. Moreover, God is always pleased with us, no matter what you do, or don't do. Regardless whether you are a priest or a serial killer. We are Him, He is us, there is no separation between us, whether you like it or not. So fear not, my friends. Hell and Satan are all myths, works of our wild imagination. God's Glory has always been at hand. So it has been said...through Him, with Him, in Him, in the Unity of the Holy Spirit, all Glory are Yours now and forever....Amen!!!!!
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