I received a forward this morning that appears to have been going around for at least 4 years telling me to “Be Aware of This Book” Similar to this hoax notice at BreakTheChain.org
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BEWARE OF THIS BOOK!!!
If you have children, grandchildren, or you have neighbor children whose parents you know, please take note of the info below or pass it along to
others. Schools are a distribution point to children for this book through the Scholastic Book Club.
Beware of the book, Conversations with God.
Dr. James Dobson talked about this book twice this week. It is devastating and parents and Christian schools need to be aware of this. Do pass it on to church/e-mail addressees, Parents, Grand parents, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, friends.
Please pay special attention not only to what your kids watch on TV and in movie theaters and the music they listen to, but we must also be alert regarding the books they read.
Two particular books, Conversations with God and Conversations with God for Teens, written by Neale D. Walsch, sound harmless enough by their titles alone. These books have been on the New York Times best sellers list for a number of weeks, and these publications make truth of the statement, “Don’t judge a book by its cover/title.”
The author purports to answer various questions from kids using the “voice of God”. However, the “answers” that he gives are not Bible-based and go against the very infallible word of God. For instance (and I paraphrase), when a girl asks the question “Why am I a lesbian?” His answer is that she was born that way because of genetics (just as you were born right-handed, with blue eyes, etc.). Then he tells her to go out and “celebrate” her differences.
Another girls poses the question “I am living with my boyfriend. My parents say that I should marry him because I am living in sin. Should I marry him?”
His reply is, “Who are you sinning against? Not me, because you have done nothing wrong.”
Another question asks about God’s forgiveness of sin. His reply “I do not forgive anyone because there is nothing to forgive. There is no such thing as right or wrong and that is what I have been trying to tell everyone; do not judge people. People have chosen to judge one another and this is wrong, because the rule is “‘judge not lest ye be judged.”
And the list goes on. Not only are these books the false doctrine of devils, but in some instances even quote (in error) the Word of God. These books (and others like it) are being sold to schoolchildren (The Scholastic Book Club), and we need to be aware of what is being fed to our children.
Our children are under attack. So I pray that you be sober and vigilant about teaching your children the Word of God, and guarding their exposure to worldly mediums. Our adversary, the Devil, roams about as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour (1 Peter 5:8) And how many of us know that lions usually hunt for the slowest, and weakest and YOUNGEST of its prey.
Pass this on to every Believer you know. God bless! And, if in doubt, look at the books yourself.
Galatians 6:9 Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we faint not.
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Dobson’s supposed authorship has been stripped from the email I received and the questions are different, but it’s basically the same thing rehashed.
From what I can see, it’s not a good book but sending bogus emails to spread the word does no one any good.
December 12th, 2007 at 6:39 am
Organised religions are exactly that - organised. Crowd control for the masses.
The bible that you all hold so dear was totally rewritten at the council of Nicea by the then governing bodies in Rome. They wanted to unite all in one religion. Do you really think a god of love and the creator of all we know would demonstrate such fragile human traits as vengence and wrath. Do you think he gave us free will then basically acts upon”if you dont do it my way you will burn in hell! Does that sound like the behaviour of a god of love?
The bible if full or wonderful truths but amonst all of that is man made garbage to keep everyone in line. Most of the old testement anyway is mythology. If adam and eve were the first two people on earth then that means we are all born from incest! And apparently they had two sons so where does that leave us?
The problem with most people and most religions is that they believe theirs is the only path to god and all the others are wrong.
Conversations with god speaks the truth.
The bible speaks the truth also but the words and meanings have been twisted over the years to mean something else.
Reigion, like many other things in life should be a choice for the individual. Present our children with all the possibilities and trust them enough to make their own choices.
Love is, all there is - why fill their heads with fear and retribution.
How can one grow from that
Davyd
December 12th, 2007 at 11:52 am
Dear “Davyd”
Thanks for your comments (they actually went in spam first - I’m glad I caught them). I’d like to reply. First, please know I am writing calm and not angered by anything you’ve written. And I am writing to you in a spirit of kindness and grace. Hopefully that comes through in this reply.
I understand how you see it like that but, I disagree. My experienced is they tend to be disorganized
Religion is man’s attempt to commune with God. Man often gets it all screwed up. On that we probably agree.
You have gotten some wrong information, Dave. The Council of Nicaea was (in a nutshell) to determine which writings were worth dying for and to establish practices for the early church. No scriptures were rewritten. A creed (The Nicaean Creed) was established from hundreds of churches. The vote to adopt such a creed as representative was somewhere around 300+ to 2). Those two that were disputing held to the heretical belief that Jesus was a created being and not eternal. This can be established by secular sources as well Christian ones. Don’t be so quick to believe atheist urban legends, please.
First, I am not sure vengeance and wrath are “fragile human traits.” Not in a context of justice. Which is what many churches glance over; leaving this “hell fire damnation” approach, you seem to have encountered.
He is not a “god of love,” rather God is love. It’s am important distinction. Because He is love and He is Holy, sin must be punished. For example, were someone to rape, torture, kill and bury your mother in a shallow grave somewhere… and get away with it and one day die. Wouldn’t you expect a “god of love” to judge that person? Because God is Love, He also administers justice.
Your statement seems contradictory. Wonderful truths or man-made garbage?
And if it is man-made garbage to keep people in line, it failed. Because it condemns the church as much or more so than the unbeliever. (Luke 18:9-14 comes to mind)
Actually most of the old testament is prophesy. It was in fact, prophesy (and a little of archeology) that convinced me the Bible had to have been inspired by someone beyond the bounds of time as we know it. There are hundreds of prophesies just concerning Christ. The books of the OT were hundreds of years of years apart, by various men, and yet were able to accurately depict events such as where, when and how Christ would be born, live, travel and as well as how, when and where he would die. The probability that Jesus of Nazareth could have fulfilled even some of those prophecies would be only 1 in 100,000,000,000,000,000. (source)
I’m not sure I see your point. The gene pool was a lot different then and people could have married their cousins or sisters without significant damage. It’s also possible that God created more people and that Adam and Eve were just the first (but I’d don’t think that’s the case).
Sure, but most have not investigated other faiths. This statement applies to Christians as well. I am wondering (and again with respect) if you have read the Bible yourself, objectively. While I was raised to go to church (do not read, raised Christian - I wasn’t) I have also investigated other faiths, because I want to know truth. Do you? I hope so, it’s why I am taking the time to respond. I’m happy to help you (or anyone else for that matter) think through this and answer any questions you may have.
Again, where’s your proof of that?
Let me see if I got this right? You find truth and instead of tell your children you want to play a game and let them see if they will find it on their own? I know of no one who does this. Even atheists and Hindus I know, don’t do that. I am raising my children to know Christ. But ultimately it will be up to them to surrender to Him or not.
Because scripture and the words of Christ say much more than that. Again, I think you are missing the Justice part of the equation. Please take time to read this. I think you’ll see where I am coming from and why i think the Gospel makes sense.
September 3rd, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Your both as right as both you think you are!
All these words mean nothing.
Look into your heart to feel the answers.
You will know when you have the truth!
NOTHING MATTERS!!!!!!!
Try to get it
October 14th, 2008 at 9:07 am
For it is said, “It’s not my works that will be done, but thy works.” So, if I am to bring you to the faith, it won’t be my doing. It’ll be God’s. You may not like what I’m about to say, but it’s rather simple. You are not privy to what I know. I know what I know because it has been given unto me. You too can have that same knowledge, but you have to ask, “and ye shall receive.”
As silly as the ‘non-believers’ may thinks this is, it’s just simply true! Why not truly seek for yourself and find out. You’ll see that I’m right.