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BEWARE OF THIS BOOK!!!
If you have children or grandchildren, work with children at church, or you
have neighborhood children whose parents you know, please take note of the
information below and pass it along to others. Schools are distributing this
book to children through the Scholastic Book Club.
The name of the book is Conversations with God.. James Dobson talked about
this book twice this week. It is devastating. Parents, churches and
Christian schools need to be aware of it. Please pass this information on to
church/e-mail addressees, Parents, Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins,
friends.
Please pay special attention not only to what your kids watch on TV, in
movie theaters, on the internet, and the music they listen to, but also be
alert regarding the books they read.
Two particular books are, Conversations with God and Conversations with God
for Teens, written by Neale D. Walsch. They sound harmless enough by their
titles alone. The books have been on the New York Times best sellers list
for a number of weeks, and they make truth of the statement, "Don't judge a
book by its cover or title."
The author purports to answer various questions asked by 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 brown 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."
Not only are these books the false doctrine of the devil, but in some
instances quote (in error) the Word of God.
And the list goes on. These books (and others like it) are being sold to
schoolchildren through (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, because our adversary, the Devil, roams about as a roaring
lion seeking whom he may devour (1 Peter 5:8). We know that lions usually
hunt for the slowest, weakest and YOUNGEST of its prey.
Pass this on to every Believer you know. God bless! And, if you are in
doubt, check out the books yourself. |
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| July 18, 2007 |
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| Thanks Crystal, your the second person to issue a warning here on mychurch about that series of books. I just learned about the author yesterday, so thanks for confirming what I'd just heard! ~mike |
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| August 10, 2007 |
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Thank you for making me aware. What a great community this is!! I'm so glad my friend sent me that really cool video. That is how I ended up on my church. Thank you so much for sharing such great information. Bonnie |
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| August 13, 2007 |
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Voice, thanks for sharing the links to your store and comments. Love it!! Mike and Bonnie the pleasure of sharing any info. is all mine. Bonnie once again, I'm so glad you joined this site, and I'm so glad I had something to do with it. You don't know how good that makes me feel. WELCOME ABOARD!!!! |
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| August 14, 2007 |
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| The body is what the mind thinketh......and we have a great responsibility to our kids, to make sure their minds are stayed pure and upon things of the Lord. |
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| August 15, 2007 |
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| Crystal, I thankful for people like you who will speak out against this stuff. Parents assume that its o.k. without knowing what is in the book. We, as parent need to check out this stuff. Just because it sound Christian, just because it looks Christian, just because it smells Christian doesn't make it Christian. |
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| October 05, 2007 |
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In Voice's blog page is the quote from the book (and I trust that this is accurate and not paraphrased): Jenny, age 16, asks "Why am I a lesbian?" The "god" in the book responds, "You are a lesbian, Jenny, for the same reason you are left handed or right handed, have brown eyes, or any other characteristic that makes you "you"...go now, out into the world and celebrate who you are...celebrate all that makes you one with the Universe."
The statement is certainly not scriptural/Biblical/Faithful to God's Word (whichever way you prefer to say it) but it's more complicated that that. Regardless of whether you agree or disagree with the assumption that being lesbian is like being left-handed or not, there is absolutely nowhere that God tells us to "go out and celebrate who we are." The idea of being One with the Universe is very appealing; and, while we can argue that God is evident in all that surrounds us (panentheistic) that is certainly not the same as saying that God is IN everything (pantheistic).
That is the danger with these types of books. They tell us a part of the story but fail to keep it in the bounds that are outlined in scripture. I hate to send money to the author for the tripe in print; but, every church should have a copy so that they are versed in what it actually says and can rebut effectively each aspect of it. We may have differing dogmas and doctrines in the various denominations represented in MyChurch so it is important that we look over what it says and frame it with our own congregation's appropriate beliefs.
Thank you, Crystal, for bringing up this important issue. |
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| March 15, 2008 |
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| Please read The God Delusion (Richard Dawkins ISBN-10: 0618680004) to possibly begin to understand how you were menatlly abused and brainwashed as a child, and hopefully break the cycle of abuse by allowing your own children to develop their own way of reasoning, make their own decisions and choose their own beliefs. |
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| September 18, 2008 |
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| maybe we could get a good ol stoning together and really show the writer Jesus'es LOVE - or if that doesn't work - Two pieces of wood and some big nails..... |
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| September 18, 2008 |
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| Wow, I had a movie by the same title rented out last week but never had a chance to see it. Is the movie from the book?
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| September 18, 2008 |
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| Wow, I had a movie by the same title rented out last week but never had a chance to see it. Is the movie from the book?
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| September 18, 2008 |
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| Reason,
I challenge you to read the God Delusion Debate. Maybe YOU are the brainwashed person? Dawkins was thoroughly exposed in the great documentary Expelled, IMNSHO. Wise up! |
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| January 14, 2009 |
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| Thank you for this warning. I will pass this along in my blog here and on my other blog sites. My kids love Scholastic Book Club and I will watch for those books. |
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