Subject:  A reaction to Neale Donald Walsch |
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Date Posted: 23:25:34 04/17/04 Sat
In reply to:
Liberal
's message, ""Tomorrow's God" by Neale Donald Walsch" on 18:27:05 04/16/04 Fri
Based on Neale Donald Walsch's “Conversations with God” triology, Humanity's Team sets out to steer the world to refocus on spirituality, believing that doing so can solve majority, if not all, of humanity's problems at the core level.
Looking at the Amazon descriptions of Walsch's books, it appears that his "conversations with God" are revelations from God. That means the hidden foundational message behind Walsch's "Conversations" is that "I am receiving revelation directly from God!" and that is a dangerous claim, albeit everything seems to be looking good up to this moment (ie, the "answers" he received are inclusive and humanistic rather than cultic).
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From Amazon.com:
Neale Donald Walsch isn't claiming to be the Messiah of a new religion, just a frustrated man who sat down one day with pen in his hand and some tough questions in his heart. As he wrote his questions to God, he realized that God was answering them... directly... through Walsch's pen. The result, far from the apocalyptic predictions or cultic eccentricities you might expect, turns out to be matter-fact, in-your-face wisdom on how to get by in life while remaining true to yourself and your spirituality.
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It looks like most of the lessons Walsch has to share are quite down-to-earth and agreeable. One Amazon reader wrote, "We're here to experience and to create. We all ask the question, why are we here? What's the purpose of life? I think to experience, to create, and to love is good enough purpose for me." But people can reach these conclusions on their own, however, and don't need a guru like Mr. Walsch. Just a brief visit to humanitysteam.com reveals its commercial coloration: the most important steps in changing the world?...buy my books and my online courses! It is so puzzling why his spiritual insights are so noble while their implementation is so commercial. And wrapping it all up in the language of God is playing with fire.
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