God (The atheist delusion)

by BBella , Thursday, June 26, 2008, 04:57 (5993 days ago) @ dhw

Hi All,
 
I am new to the group and have been catching up with the discussions for a week or so and wondering when the right time to jump in...I guess this is as good as any. I have listened to NDW's lectures a few times on tv, and what he may be saying below reminds me of a conclusion I came to at one point in my life. Being a Truth (the big cap T) seeker for most of my life, I decided at some point "Truth," was unreachable, and anyway, if it had been found by someone it was still up to me to find IT (their truth), prove it, live it and so forth. So, one day I finally said the heck with it and decided to develop my own big T (still in the works). Why not? Seems it's allowed. Possibly this is what NDW is talking about below, because it seems once I began to create my own big T, it was like the pressure was off and my view, and the way I saw the whole world has changed. Of course I could be delusional...but I like it...which I guess is all that matters really. An aside: I am not harming myself or anyone in the process of my delusion.
 
Thanks for listening,
B 
 
 
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> Thank you for this reference. I looked Neale Donald Walsch up on Google, and found lots of websites, one of which contained some of his writing: Conversations with God ... a blog by Neale Donald Walsch. I have to say I was not impressed by what I read, and I actually came to a juddering halt when I reached the following paragraph:
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> "I know that if we change our mind about God, about Who God is and about What God Wants, we will then change our mind about Life, and about What Life Is and what it is All About. Then we will change our mind about Each Other, about Who We Are and Why We Are Here. AND THEN...the whole world will change." (The capital letters are all his.)
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> I found the tone of the whole website too glib and simplistic for my taste. But his books appear to be best sellers, and there may well be a life-enhancing message in them. Perhaps one shouldn't judge by such tasters, so it might be helpful if you could let us know just why you think his work is special.