DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY IT'S COVER

Schools are distributing this book to
> children through the Scholastic Book Club.

BEWARE OF THESE BOOKS

>
> Two particular books are Conversations with God and
> Conversations with God for Teens, written by Neale D.
> Walsch.
They sound harmless enough by their titles alone.
> The books have been on the New York Times best sellers list
> for a number of weeks.
>
> The author purports to answer various questions asked by
> kids using the 'vo ice of God'. However,
> the 'answers' that he gives are not Bible-based and
> go against the very infallible word of God. For instance
> (and I paraphrase), when a girl asks the question 'Why
> am I a lesbian?' His answer is that she was 'born
> that way' because of genetics (just as you were born
> right-handed, with brown eyes, etc.). Then he tells her to
> go out and 'celebrate' her differences.
>
> Another girls poses the 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.'
>
> Another question asks about God's forgiveness of sin.
> His reply 'I do not forgive anyone because there
> is nothing to forgive. There is no such thing as right or
> wrong and that is what I have been trying to tell everyone,
> do not judge people. People have chosen to judge one another
> and this is wrong, because the rule is ''judge not
> lest ye be judged.' Not only are these books the false
> doctrine of the devil, but in some instances quote (in
> error) the Word of God.