"Conversations With God"

[CP489]

Has anyone read it?

http://www.amazon.com/Conversations-God-Uncommon-Dialogue-Book/dp/0399142789/sr=8-1/qid=1161937326/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-0050100-8677501?ie=UTF8&s=books

This man claims to have conversed with God himself (as the title suggests) through writing down questions and getting responses (written by his hand, which he claims he didn't control).

I read it on the recommendation of my step-mother, who shared some interesting tid bits to hook me.

It's an interesting book, even for an atheist, because it gives a different view of God than any religion I've seen. Very Unitarian. Sex is a gift for humans to enjoy, there is no hell, Jesus was a very spiritual person, but no more the son of God than you or I. In fact "God" claims that he experiences life through us, there is pretty much no such thing as "right and wrong".

If you've read it, I'd like to hear your thoughts.

[pipelineaudio]

I read it, like so many other errr things if you follow it to its conclusion you can only be happy by being dead, or being not

Seems the same old laziness to me

[slingblade]

I read it when I was still somewhat religious, and I liked it a lot because it told me what I wanted to hear, which was pretty much anything that opposed the Bible.

I was sure then, and sure now, that it was a nice bit of wishful thinking.

[CP489]

I read it when I was still somewhat religious, and I liked it a lot because it told me what I wanted to hear, which was pretty much anything that opposed the Bible.

I was sure then, and sure now, that it was a nice bit of wishful thinking.

I agree, it certainly didn't change my mind about the existence of any deity (still no evidence, I'm afraid). It did, however, give me (for the first time) a God that, if he were to exist, would be worthy of worship. Ironically, if this God does exist, he doesn't need or want my worship.

[slingblade]

I agree, it certainly didn't change my mind about the existence of any deity (still no evidence, I'm afraid). It did, however, give me (for the first time) a God that, if he were to exist, would be worthy of worship. Ironically, if this God does exist, he doesn't need or want my worship.


Exactly. Nicely put.

[Victor Meldrew]

I agree, it certainly didn't change my mind about the existence of any deity (still no evidence, I'm afraid). It did, however, give me (for the first time) a God that, if he were to exist, would be worthy of worship. Ironically, if this God does exist, he doesn't need or want my worship.

I read the 1st book sometime ago, and if you take out the word god, it still makes sense....for those of you who haven't read it, the god that Donald Neale Walsh has a conversation with is a caring, thoughful, helpful god who doesn't want to punish us if we do wrong....now there's a first!

[PenguinWarrior]

I read the 1st book sometime ago, and if you take out the word god, it still makes sense....for those of you who haven't read it, the god that Donald Neale Walsh has a conversation with is a caring, thoughful, helpful god who doesn't want to punish us if we do wrong....now there's a first!

I don't know, I think a lot of the more Liberal Christians see a God like that.

Admittedly, this is mainly because they haven't read the Bible, and so pin the label God on independently reached ideas of Ethics and Morality, but still.

[EGarrett]

I read both books in my more religious days. They're both really great.

I liked that at one point he told 'God' a joke and 'God' said it was funny...then he said he was surprised that God would say something like that...and God says 'I invented humor.'

One thing that bugged me was in book 2, he says sleep is when the soul leaves the body to have some time on it's own. But elsewhere, he says that the soul isn't bound by time or space and sometimes leaves while you are awake. If that's the case, then why do we need to sleep for so long.

[fishbait]

This guy makes up a BS story about an appealing god moving his pencil and makes a pile of money when it hits the best seller list. You can also purchase a monthly "newsletter" to get the latest updates from the Almighty.

If ya have to pay for it, it ain't the truth!:cool:

[aries]

HI :)

Somehow I feel there is an abyss of difference when American's X-ians describe God and when Europeans X-ians describe god (this is just an observation).

Most (fundamentalist) American X-ians do think that God will punish them, while most European X-ians do not think that way. (agian, this is just an observation).

Of course, even in Europe, we have the fundamentalist X-ians. But luckily they have not much influence (anymore)

[Mojo]

He didn't mean this (http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=44611), did he?

[kellyb]

New Age horsepoo.
I read half the book.
"Conversations with yourself on what god might say if he existed".

[Shevek-72]

Favourite Dr. House quote:

"If you talk to God you're religious. If God talks to you, you're psychotic."