Walsch, Young, and Beth Moore: ungodly channelers producing ungodly books. Part 1- Neale Donald Walsch and his alleged ‘conversations with God’ - By Elizabeth Prata

Excerpted from here. Our comments in bold.
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We have no intention of defending Mr. Walsch, we are here to examine Ms. Prata's incoherent and largely Scriptureless presentation.

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In 1995 Neale Donald Walsch realized his life was a mess. He said, “I woke up one night just angry, really frustrated, and wrote down what was on my mind” in an angry letter to God. God ‘answered’.

As described here, Walsch has said, “After writing down all of his questions, he heard a voice over his right shoulder say: “Do you really want an answer to all these questions or are you just venting?” When Walsch turned around, he saw no one there, yet Walsch felt answers to his questions filling his mind and decided to write them down. The ensuing automatic writing became the Conversations with God books.

Walsch’s own words, “To my surprise, as I scribbled out the last of my bitter, unanswerable questions and prepared to toss my pen aside, my hand remained poised over the paper, as if held there by some invisible force. Abruptly, the pen began moving on its own. I had no idea what I was about to write….Out came….Do you really want an answer to all these questions, or are you just venting? … Before I knew it, I had begun a conversation.” (New York Times article).

Walsch’s spiritual stance is that we are all one with God and that helping people is the satisfaction to life.

No. Man’s chief end is to glorify God and enjoy HIM forever. (??? This isn't in the Bible, it's a quote from The Westminster Shorter Catechism. It might be generally true, but Ms. Prata's emphatic counter suggests that she's laying down a biblical trump card. Which of course means it's one person's opinion versus another's.)

What resulted from Walsch is a cottage industry of false religion permeating the world. Wikipedia states that “Conversations with God, was published in 1995 and became an international bestseller. It remained on the New York Times Bestseller List for 135 weeks. Six of his other books have made the Times list in the years since. He has published 28 books and his works have been translated into 37 languages.” His books are not a small problem.

“In the spring of 1992 an extraordinary phenomenon occurred in my life. God began talking with you. Through me.” ~Neale Donald Walsch No, God doesn’t talk to me thru Walsch. God talks to me thru His Son! (Hebrews 1:1-2)

God is not speaking today. (But she just told us God talks to her through His Son...)

True, in the past He has spoken directly to several people in the Bible (not as many as you’d think) (The Bible is a only a partial record of those who God spoke to. He has spoken many things to many others that are not chronicled in the Bible. [Ps. 99:7, Jn. 16:12, Jn. 21:25, He. 5:11])

and in various ways, too. But He has spoken in His word, which is complete and sufficient for all training. (Hebrews 1:1-2; 2 Timothy 3:16). (Now Ms. Prata is lying. Let's quote the verses: 

He. 1:1-2 In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe. 

2Ti. 3:16-17 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

Ms. Prata attempts to synthesize these two passages into one thought. However, she's confusing concepts. The Hebrews verses are about the speaking of the Son, not the word. And the Timothy verse does not tell us about the word, it tells us about Scripture. 

There is a difference. The word is rhema, a spoken word, made "by the living voice." His word is what He says, and the Bible is a portion of what He has said.)

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Sisters, when an author says that God spoke the book to him or her, run. The only book God spoke in is the Bible, and the only authors who had a conversation with God are the 66 authors who were inspired by the Spirit, (This is misleading, confused, and quite false. First, we cannot know that the 66 authors of the Bible had "conversations" with God, simply because of the fact they were inspired to write Scripture. Second, there are many in the biblical record who had conversations with God but did not write Scripture. Third God did not speak in the Bible, His words are recorded there, which He speaks through. Fourth, none of this forbids Christians from hearing from God today.

What a confused mess.)

not possessed by a spirit.

Further Resources

GotQ: What does the Bible say about Channeling?

Doreen Virtue: The Truth about Channeled Books (5-min video)