Warning: Conversations with God

There is a book that came out in 2006 called "Conversations with God" by Neil D. Walsh that seems to be making its rounds once again. The book may be called Conversations with God, but the god that is conversed with in this book is not the G-d of the Bible. Like the book "The Shack" it is filled with un-biblical heresies and ideas about who G-d is and what He wants from us.

For instance, in one conversation a young girl asks the god of this book, "Why am I a lesbian?" The answer? "You were born that way, just as you were born right-handed with blue eyes." And in another 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.”

Yet, the worst part of this book doesn't lie in the ridiculous answers given by this non-existent god, but in the lies about G-d's response to sin. The author, implies that his god does not forgive sin, since there is nothing to forgive. Neil Walsh states that according to his god there is no such thing as right or wrong. This is what Mr. Walsh's god has been trying to tell everyone, so do not judge. According Mr. Walsh's god, people have chosen to judge others and therefore, we have disobeyed his god's rule that we should "judge not lest ye be judged."

This book has undoubtedly confirmed and established the world's image of God in many people's hearts. The Bible teaches us that G-d sent His Son so that we might forgiven of sin and enter into eternal life through His atoning sacrifice:

"You know that He appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no sin" - 1 John 3:5.

My advice..., don't waste your money on this trash. And if someone gives it to you as a gift, give them a Bible in return and ask them to read what it says about G-d and the Sacrifice of Messiah. Because there may be some kind of misunderstanding.

Shalom.