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== Criticism ==
== Criticism ==
Some [[Christian apologetics|Doctrinal Christian apologists]] have considered it [[heretical]] or [[counterfeit]]. ISBN 0-9656809-0-8, Complete Story of the Course, Miller, D. Patrick, FEARLESS BOOKS
Some [[Christian apologetics|Doctrinal Christian apologists]] have considered it [[heretical]] or [[counterfeit]]. ISBN 0-9656809-0-8, Complete Story of the Course, Miller, D. Patrick, FEARLESS BOOKS
Author and Yogi, Joel Kramer, states that ''the Course'' could be considered a classic [[Authoritarian]] example of programming thought to change beliefs. The Guru Papers: Masks of Authoritarian Power, North Atlantic Books, http://www.amazon.com/dp/1883319005/, ISBN 1-883319-00-5. Anton van Harskamp, a Dutch scholar of religion, says that ''the Course'' contains, "...endless variation on some universally meant insights in life..." that, "...brings readers of the book, [or] in any case this reader, [to] a mood in which bewilderment and boredom take turns".http://www.bezinningscentrum.nl/teksten/anton_eng/mireng.htm, A Modern Miracle, Bezinningscentrum Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Author and Yogi, Joel Kramer, states that ''the Course'' could be considered a classic [[Authoritarian]] example of programming thought to change beliefs. The Guru Papers: Masks of Authoritarian Power, North Atlantic Books, http://www.amazon.com/dp/1883319005/, ISBN 1-883319-00-5. Anton van Harskamp, a Dutch scholar of religion, says that ''the Course'' contains, "...endless variation on some universally meant insights in life..." that, "...brings readers of the book, [or] in any case this reader, [to] a mood in which bewilderment and boredom take turns".[http://www.bezinningscentrum.nl/teksten/anton_eng/mireng.htm], A Modern Miracle, Bezinningscentrum Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Long time teacher of ''the Course'', [[Hugh Prather]], notes that some of the ACIM students that he knew personally had become, "far more separate and egocentric," with some of them, "[losing] the ability to carry on a simple conversation". He admits that he and his wife Gayle, "...had ended up less flexible, less forgiving, and less generous than we were when we first started our path!" However, he attributes these behavioral shortcomings to the ego, not to the ACIM philosophy. Throughout the cited article Prather expresses admiration of the tenets of ACIM. His conclusion of the article contains the following statement "A Course in Miracles can survive in the 21st century, in fact it can transform the 21st century, if those who see the Reality it points to choose to extend themselves beyond their ego boundaries and make the interests of another their own".
Long time teacher of ''the Course'', [[Hugh Prather]], notes that some of the ACIM students that he knew personally had become, "far more separate and egocentric," with some of them, "[losing] the ability to carry on a simple conversation". He admits that he and his wife Gayle, "...had ended up less flexible, less forgiving, and less generous than we were when we first started our path!" However, he attributes these behavioral shortcomings to the ego, not to the ACIM philosophy. Throughout the cited article Prather expresses admiration of the tenets of ACIM. His conclusion of the article contains the following statement "A Course in Miracles can survive in the 21st century, in fact it can transform the 21st century, if those who see the Reality it points to choose to extend themselves beyond their ego boundaries and make the interests of another their own".
== See also ==
== See also ==
