Did the book "Conversations With God" change anyone elses like ...besides mine???
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I not only read it, I truly believe it is the truth and that God really did converse with Mr. Walsch.  That book answered so many of my own questions.  \nIt brought me incredible peace with my religious beliefs.\nI think the most important thing I learned was that you are perfect at all times.  However you are today is the way God wants you to be today.
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Yes. I have asked my pastor and friends to share their ideas after answering questions. There have been concepts covered here that I had not thought of before. It has served as a tool that has deepened my understanding and fortified my faith. My church is open to all questions, and we discuss whatever is on our minds on Wednesday nights, so the reaction has been as it always is, very welcoming and non-judgemental. A topic that I am currently mulling over is the concept of hell - whether it is the eternal burning and torture most think it is, or if it is obliteration by being thrown into the lake of fire. I'm leaning towards the latter lately as I have found nothing that indicates that hell is eternal torture.
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Nope. Home recovering from surgery. I just wanted to say, I really liked your take on spirituality! So many people turn away from God (or whatever you prefer to call it) when what they should be questioning are the religions created by man. God does not equal religion. When it comes to teachings, take what rings true to you! I'd love to see more people understand the difference!
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That happened to me.  I guess at first I felt totally betrayed, mad, I didn't know what to do or what to think.  Then I started trying to educate myself to "make sure" that I was correct that my belief system was based on lies.  The whole process has taken several years, but then I started researching many other beliefs and religions and found out that most of them were also.  So I am no longer a part of organized religion and I have discovered my own beliefs.  I'm still on my spiritual quest but my current beliefs probably lean toward New Thought.
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Yes.  I was in a...situation, where I was very suddenly, and I mean suddenly in great danger.  Danger so brutally terrible, that I had no time to think and very well could have died a terrible death and there was nothing I could do to prevent it.  I didn't consider myself a very religious person, but when the time came, I instinctively asked for Jesus to help me.  When I say instinctively, I mean it was like a reflex reaction.  Automatic, and natural.  Help was delivered.  I know many folks won't believe me, and that's ok.  It's an honest answer.  He's there, here, everywhere.  It's a great comfort to me.  It's changed my life, as you can imagine.
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definitely had to be last week when I went to interview a buddhist monk for my religion class....When I was done talking to him I stretched out my hand to shake his but he just stepped back and said he could not touch me in any way...I of course was confused and even looked at my hand to see if it was dirty or something and just waved goodbye instead, feeling REALLY EMBARRASSED.....then I found out that monks could not touch women in any way.....it would have been much more better to have known beforehand....lol.
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I did change my religion.  I used to be Christian and now I am Wiccan.  I changed religions after a long path of study and realization that Christainity wasn't what I was looking for.  \n\nAll the things I was lacking for in religion, I found in Wicca.  I never thought I would be spiritual again until i started studying Wicca.  \n\ni know its true because I have attuned myself with Nature.  \n\nBut I don't think that any religion is right for everyone.
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So, here's the thing.  I don't know you, and an answer here will probably not help solve your problems.  I'll give you my answer to your question, but then you have to go and find someone to talk to about all of this.\n\nWhat it sounds like you're asking is "WTF did I do to deserve all of these gifts, when so many people around me suffer?"\n\nI believe (and this is my answer...you need to find your own), that we were all created by God to live with God and with each other.  One of the miraculous things about God is that He created us, and instead of micromanaging our lives however he wanted to, He gave us free will.  He placed a little piece of himself within each of us, and that part of us longs to be with Him.\n\nThe short answer to your question is that you didn't do anything to deserve such a great life.  And you did everything.  From the time you were born, God wanted only the best for you, just as He wants only the best for me, and for every other person on this planet.  He gave each of us the opportunity to make our own decisions.  \n\nYou talk a lot about your own attitude, and that is something that you can change.  You can choose to be happy and excited about the new opportunities that await you in your new location.  You can also be sad about the friends and things that you are leaving.\n\nI can't answer why bad things happen to good people...I'm still trying to figure that one out myself.\n\nSeeing as you posted this in the Religion and Spirituality forum, I think that you're seeking something outside yourself, something bigger.  I would encourage you to find a church in your area and to have a conversation with the ministers there...I think that it might help you.
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I always was told that speaking in tongues was the evidence, but it was not until I had an experience like described in the bible.  It says in the bible that fire rested on the follower's heads.  My experience was similar, but the flame rested in my heart.  After that I began to change.  I could like, see people through God's eyes, feel his love for them.  All this was with my heart.  It still amazes me how God loves people, all people.  My behavior changed.  My desires changed.  I often have states of bliss where I feel engulfed in love.  I can see why the holy spirit is referred to as the "comforter".  To me this was the baptism of the holy spirit.
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YES!!! "Biblical Mathematics"!!! \nAWESOME AND STAYS AWAY FROM NUMEROLOGY!!\n\nI had it but gave it to a minister who teaches College Physics. He was ecstatic! \n\nMine also came with a cassette so you could listen to it as well! \n\nHow awesome! God just brought that book to my mind today, making me feel as though I should get another one and read it again...and now you ask this? Hmmmmm
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I have waited to answer this question to see what others would say. It is interesting. Unless you have a personal relationship with me, you really do not know me, just "about me", which is the same thing with Jesus. \nI genuinely thank those who spoke such kind and gracious words, I am humbled and grateful. \nOK, to answer, we will start at the beginning. I have always assumed there was a God. I was raised initially in the Catholic church, but I did not like the repetitive rituals or the standing when the priest walks in. My mother did not force me to continue the Catechism classes, and I continued my search for God into my teens. \nOn Thanksgiving evening, 1970, I was cruising in my friend Steve's 1955 T-bird around the towns surrounding Eglin AFB, Florida. We walked around an old cemetary and we got to talking about the spirit world. It sort of gave me the shivers. Steve asked me if I had ever been "saved". What is that? It is asking Jesus Christ into your heart. Something inside me said, "Isn't that what you have been looking for all your life?" That night, I asked Jesus into my heart and to be my Lord and Savior.\n\nMy approach to the Bible changed over the years. Before I met Jesus, it was a confusing array of religious writings and myths. \nAfter I met Jesus, it became a curious array of religious writings that may be true. \nAfter receiving the Holy Spirit a year later, it became personal love letters to me. \nDuring my high school years, it became a book of do's and don'ts that I could not quite live up to. \nDuring my college years, I came upon my mentor Chuck Smith, of Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, who guided me through the Bible, verse by verse. The Bible became my life and foundation for living.\nDuring my single working years, I graduated to my next mentor Chuck Missler, who showed me the importance of types, how the old relates to the new, how the Bible is an intrigate message by One author. The Bible WAS and proved to be the Word of God! \nFive years under him and other great teachers, and I married Julie (Juliart). I was have been blessed to pass on all I have learned her and to my children and also to people stuck in cults, those confused by manipulative religions, and see the freedom the Word of God brings. \nThirty five years since that night in Florida, I have decided to pass all I have learned on to you. But in all things, be like the Bereans in Acts 17:11. Receive everything I have to give with joy, but check the scriptures daily to see if these things are true. I consider what I impart here as "Handfuls Dropped on Purpose" (see study below).\n\nSo to answer this question once and for all. I am just like my other fellow Christians who just love the Bible and have a personal walk with its Author. An old Jesus Freak from the 70s who's life's motto is...\n\n"Have Bible, Will Babble."\n\npregowtwins-Julie cracked up at your post. I could hear her across the house!\nmikeiam20-Your post reminded me of a line in Close Encounters. "Einstein was probably one of them." (looking at the alien mothership) ;)
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Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsh\nwonderful book ... and if any book nailed how God would or should be ... this is it
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You should read the book "Conversations With God an Uncommon Dialogue" by Neale Donald Walsch...it is VERY eye opening and explains quite a bit about people.  It explains the WHY behind a lot of the things we do.  You don't have to be religious to read it either.
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I do, and I try to find something that I can relate to, not just reading any chapter & verse. God works in mysterious ways. Ask him to guide your eyes and fingers to what He wants you to know. Ask Him to speak to you through this devotion time. AND HE WILL...God Bless
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I've read quite a bit of it, and the more I read the more I realize how utterly bogus it is when taken literally.\n\nOh, and I think "jackiedj8952" ment to say you needed to have your ears poisoned and be brainwashed by a preacher or someone. That's what she ment by "spiritual ears". \n\nShe's right in a way, you first need someone to tell you that this book is perfect in everyway and if you don't believe in it you will go to hell, because without that it'll just be another book of fantasy and make believe.\n\nI encourage christians to be honest with themselves and go here to give your ex-christian testimony:\n\nhttp://exchristian.net/
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The evening when I held my just-born daughter in my hand. Millions of thoughts crossed my mind, right from Genes to becoming a grandfather one day.\n\nThat evening humbled me, made me forget my anger towards my parents, all the animosity I had with some friends. To that extent it affected me, my mom said with tears, "Im seeing a different son now, this time its for good.."\n\nIn short that day changed me from a "Boy" to a "Man"...\n\n.:Fishie:.
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Yes, I have. Once when I was really upset I was talking to God and I felt someone hug me and I knew it was God. The inner pain I was feeling left and I felt much better.