Conversations with God for Teens (Hardcover)

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Amazon.com Review

Conversations with God for Teens reads like a rap session at a church youth group, where teenagers discuss everything they ever wanted to know about life but were too afraid to ask God. Once again author Neale Donald Walsch acts as the verbal conduit, showing teenagers how easy it is to converse with the divine. After the enormous success of his previous Conversations with God books, Walsch was asked to write a book for teenagers. So he collected questions from teenagers around the world, brought them into his private dialogue with God, and then printed God's answers on the page. So when Claudia, age 16, from Perth, Australia, asks, "Why can't I just have sex with everybody? What's the big deal?", the answer God offers her is: "Nothing you do will ever be okay with everybody. 'Everybody' is a large word. The real question is can you have sex and have it be okay with you?" There's no doubt that the casual question-and-answer format will help make God feel welcoming and accessible to teens. And the introduction by Alanis Morissette raises the "cool" factor considerably. Nonetheless, it's not for all teenagers: older adolescents (17 and older) may find it hokey or manipulative, and preteens (10 to 12) could find some of the questions too mature. --Gail Hudson

From Publishers Weekly

Neale Donald Walsch, author of the bestselling Conversations with God, here gathers questions from teens across the globe (from broader queries such as "Why is there so much pressure from parents, from school, from everyone?" to prickly questions such as "Why do you let children get abused sexually and physically?"), takes them to God, and offers the answers in Conversations with God for Teens. Singer/songwriter Alanis Morissette provides the foreword. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Young Adult
  
• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing; First Edition edition (October 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1571742638
• ISBN-13: 978-1571742636
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (114 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #111,127 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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90 of 118 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Conversations with God for Teens, May 21, 2002

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This review is from: Conversations with God for Teens (Mass Market Paperback)

The problem with this book is that the title is very deceptive. I think that most people would assume that this books is talking about conversations with the God of the Bible. Reading some of the answers from "God," it is obvious that is not true. A more appropriate title would be: Conversations with the god of Your own Making or Conversations with the god Within Yourself. Call me a "Bible banger" if you like, but the reality is that the God of the Bible would never tell a teen that there, "is no right from wrong," or to go out and celebrate her lesbianism. You can label me intolerant too, but it isn't me that is intolerant, it would be the God of the Bible who is intolerant, intolerant of sin. The bad reviews written about this book are, for the most part, coming from people who share the Christian faith that is followers of Jesus Christ and if you understand the true Christian Faith, you will understand why certain reviewers are upset by this book. So if you are a Christian, this is not the book for your teen. If you believe in moral relativism or even nothing at all, this would be the book for you.

50 of 69 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Conversation with God for Teens, September 18, 2008

By	Connie Keck - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Perhaps this book should be better titled Converstions with god (small "g") for Teens as the Holy Jehovah God would not reveal answers to questions in the way it is written here. This book is based on liberal man's interpretation and not what our youth need to hear. They hear that enough from television and society. I would NOT let my teen read this book. It is not Bible based and certainly not of GOD!!!

48 of 69 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars NOT for Christians!, July 25, 2004

By	D. Windingland "Home school mom" (Rogers, MN) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I picked this up at a thrift store for my 15 year-old son, without reading it first. Fortunately my son read it on a long car trip, so I could hear him say things like, what a load of crap!and this sounds more like a conversation with Satan!
So, I asked to see the book and I was shocked! This is definitely not written from a Christian perspective. Relative truth, situational ethics and man-centered views abound. My son disliked the book so much that he tore it up and threw it away!