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Candy Chand didn't consider it a form of flatery. In fact, if one reads the article closely, she was very unhappy about Walsch doing as he did.
It isn't simply a matter of whether or not Walsch plagiarized somebody. When he was caught doing so, as opposed to just admitting that he did so, it seems as if he tried to cover for himself by stating that he told the story numerous times as if it wasn't the result of his own experience, and then suddenly one day, despite the repetition of telling it as somebody else's story, he suddenly started to tell the story as if it is something that took place at his son's kindergarten pagent. This is quite a specific detail. What does it say of his honesty if he is willing to "try" to cover himself in such a way?
Just because plagiarism happens a lot, that doesn't make it okay.
There are various reasons for which I don't believe that Walsch channeled God; however, one recent fact, in my mind, helps establish this fact. He titled a book called "Happier than God." Now I'm not the sort of guy that gets in the worship mode, yet I believe that anybody who has felt God's presence in a substantial way, wouldn't name a book in such a way. To me, the title lacks reverence, humility and grattitude. The title isn't the biggest transgression in the World. But I don't believe it is a title that somebody who has been in contact with God would choose. If anything, the title sounds like a title a person would choose if he or she is trying to market a book and the CDs, DVDs, workshops, calendars, playing cards and Nitendo game that follow. I didn't read the book, so I can't speak of its content.
Is there anything that is sacred?
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