Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue, Book 1 [LARGE PRINT] (Hardcover)

by Neale Donald Walsch (Author) "It is Easter Sunday, 1994, and I am here, pen in hand, as instructed..." (more)
Key Phrases: very unnatural emotion, five natural emotions, true wakefulness, Little Soul, Cosmic Wheel, Divine Dichotomy (more...)

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Amazon.com Review
In keeping with the first two books in this trilogy, Conversations With God, Book 3 continues to clarify the muddy waters of our spiritual existence, but moves from individual and global issues to "universal truths," which apply to all levels of existence from the microscopic to the macrocosmic. It is difficult to criticize God, but if he is as pleasant as he presents himself in Walsch's books, then he won't mind the paltry mention of a structural problem. A hefty portion of Conversations With God, Book 3 backtracks to topics that were well covered in Book 1, and while a certain amount of recap is good to build on, Walsch's repeated return to these earlier conversations gets a bit frustrating for the reader who is familiar with the earlier books. Minor blemishes aside, Conversations With God, Book 3 explores some of the most fantastic subjects that people are prone to ponder under starry evening skies: What happens when we die? What is time? Are we alone in the universe? Walsch's dialogue with the creator puts these and other imponderables into comprehendible terms. If these revelations are true, and it is ultimately up to us to know them as truths or not, then the universe is a very intriguing place, and we haven't come close to realizing our potential in understanding it. However, the great thing Conversations With God, Book 3 makes clear is that we can understand the universe if we so choose. --Brian Patterson --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

From Library Journal
Walsch is at a low point in his life when he pours out his heart to GodAa God who has no genderAso well-known performers Ed Asner and Ellen Burstyn fill the void. The theology is New Age, with this particular part of the dialog touching on, among other things, the origin of everything, highly evolved beings, and extraterrestrial civilizations. Walsch asks, argues, and ruminates as Asner and Burstyn answer and explain. Not to sound trite, but in places this was rather entertaining. This particular recording had a very low volume level, and compensation had to be made when listening. Those libraries that have a demand for New Age works should have this recording as well as Books 1 and 2 of the series.AMichael T. Fein, Catawba Valley Community Coll. Hickory, NC
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 340 pages
• Publisher: G K Hall & Co (April 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 078388074X
• ISBN-13: 978-0783880747
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (270 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,313,773 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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296 of 300 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Truth will set you free!, October 1, 2000

By	"jamesthom2001" (Dallas Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Conversations With God : An Uncommon Dialogue (Book #3) (Hardcover)

After reading the Conversations with God books, all 3, and An Encounter With A Prophet, I now feel sorry for those people who still believe in the God of fire and brimstone. Thanks guys!

100 of 115 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Book Will Change My Life. (Unless it doesn't), February 18, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Conversations With God : An Uncommon Dialogue (Book #3) (Hardcover)

I cannot resist a comment about the review from the Reader "From Heaven." I have never laughed so hard. The Holy Spirit told him that God did not speak to Neale or anyone else (and yet He spoke to this reader from Heaven to enlighten him on this fact). I'm not being critical. I enjoyed it. "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine." Another reader was concerned when Neale said that he might possibly be a "poor" filter. I don't think that anyone ever attempts to present anything they feel they have received from God without an awesome awareness of the "responsibility" inherent in the presenting and some fear of what consequences may result in individual lives. "Poor" filter or not, one only has to read through these reviews and the amazing changes that have taken place in people's lives through these books to realize that something "good" has filtered through.

I wrote in a review of "Friendship With God" that there was a time in my life when I could not have accepted Neale's teaching and would have considered him an "Apostle of Satan." On looking back, I realize that I was actually an "Apostle" of "Pharisees" and could not open my mind to consider anything other than the traditions I had been taught. My most earth-shattering revelation came from God himself--not from Neale--the fact that every word in the Bible is not the divinely inspired word of God. I was having these thoughts during my prayers (without any books or anything to influence me in that direction)because I was honestly seeking truth and questioning God and desiring to understand. It began to occur to me that the God presented in the Old Testament seemed very similar to the mythological gods dreamed up by the Greeks and Romans and given their own human characteristics--a jealous, demanding, partial God who said, "Thou Shalt Not Kill" but seemed to have no qualms about ordering the Israelites to go out and slaughter entire tribes of people because they were an inferior, pagan race of people. (I believe we are all familiar with a man in our own history who did the same thing).

There is the story of Job, who is supposed to inspire us all to an unrelenting faith--a man who was true and faithful to God, and because of that very devotion, is permitted by God to have everything in his life destroyed, his children killed, his body ravaged with disease. (Seems to me ol' Job might have done better to have remained in another camp). But, in the end, because of His faith, Job is given a whole new set of children, along with 10 million dollars and lives happily ever after! ( And this should be a lesson in faith for all of us.) It was a lesson for me. God is not concerned that Job has lost all of his children and will most likely be a broken man for the rest of his life. He has received ample reward for his trials & tribulations, and if we are truly devoted to God, like Job, we might anticipate having our lives broken & ruined so that God can settle a personal score with Satan. (No, I do not believe this story was inspired by God).

Jealousy is presented as a deep sin in the New Testament by the apostles, but Christians have no problem accepting a "jealous God" (which is also a clear Bible teaching). Although, it makes no sense to any of us, it's simply because God is so far above our understanding that we can't hope to make sense of it. As far as "hell." We all know that not even a human being (except perhaps the most base) would ever throw his own child into an eternal hell for any reason, but we are perfectly willing to believe that a loving, omnipotent God would have no problem with this. (It's disturbing, of course, but again, God is so far above us that we can't understand Him or His motives). One of the things that God spoke to me in this was, "Why would I even have a need for hell?"

No, I don't believe that God tossed down one Holy Book with the entire truth for one group of people, and those who are unfortunate enough not to come in contact with or embrace that truth are condemned forever. Those who choose that "camp" I believe are truly "Children of a Lesser God"--however, there is no condemnation in this statement. We are all in a different place, and there are many paths to God.

Many readers have been incensed that Neale claims there is no devil. I have an even more heretical theory to enrage everyone (something that I truly suspect may be true). It's obvious that good and evil exist in this world and serve their own purposes. Neale has put forth the theory that joy and sadness are actually the same emotion in varying degrees. We know that everything is God and comes from God. I know Neale says there is no devil, but sometimes I wonder if Satan does exist to serve his own purpose in this world and if God and Satan are not actually the same person in differing degrees. This should have the entire fundamentalist world on their knees praying for my poor "misenlightened" soul. Who knows. Maybe it's true. Unless it's not!

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a reader who most of her life was a christian, December 1, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Conversations With God : An Uncommon Dialogue (Book #3) (Hardcover)

When I was very young, I did what all other christians do- i accepted Jesus into my heart. I believed 100% in the Bible. One night, at the age of 27 my husband (who is also christian) brought this book home for me. He believed it to be just another christian book. I found it fascinating. I read it in one sitting and could not put it down. The next morning I was very confused. I had NEVER before doubted my religion. I prayed and prayed for God to show me the truth that night and every night since. After all of that prayer, I have to admit that I have felt "led" to keep searching for answers not found in my church or The Bible. These answers and "this God" make more sense. This book and others like it do not give you an "okay to do everything you want" like many of the reviews have said. I do not believe that these reviewers have actually read and tried to understand the full content of these books. They are just scared like I was. Some are scared that the book is wrong and the work of the devil. Some are scared that the book is the truth and that what they have always been taught and believed in is wrong. The latter is how I now see it, and though it has caused me some anguish(due to sifting out a lot of what I used to believe in),it has mostly brought me joy and helped me truly experience the wonders of God and this world. The world is now a much more beautiful place than it ever was before.