The Course teaches that there are no absolutes; truth is relative and is determined by one’s experience. According to the Cyclopedia In A Course In Miracles “only what is loving is true.” So truth is subjective.

Marianne Williamson the author of A Return To Love, made this observation about truth in her book: “There’s only one truth, spoken different ways, and the Course is just one path to it out of many.” In other words, no one religious tradition has all the truth, but there are many avenues to the truth and the individual has the freedom to choose the path most suitable to him.

According to Williamson, Jesus is one of many enlightened beings. In her text she makes this statement, “Jesus and other enlightened masters are our evolutionary elder brothers.” She continues by saying that “The mutation, the enlightened ones, (including Jesus) show the rest of us our evolutionary potential. They point the way.” So in reality Jesus is a way-shower.


Williamson makes a telling observation on page 41 of her book by saying that, “A Course In Miracles does not push Jesus. Although the books come from him, it is made very clear that you can be an advanced student of the Course and not relate personally to him at all.” This is an interesting comment regarding the lack of relationship one is to have with their God. For the Christian, faith is built on a personal relationship with Jesus. Without it their salvation would be in question.


Williamson continues by saying, “Jesus reached  total actualization of the Christ mind, and was then given by God the power to help the rest of us reach that place within ourselves.” In reading the above statement about our not needing to personally relate to Jesus as one’s Lord, Matthew 7:23 comes to mind where Jesus says “And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’”

The Manual for Teachers, volume three of The Course, states that “Jesus became what all of you must be.” It continues by declaring, “Is he the Christ? O yes, along with you.”


The Course identifies with much of New Age thought in that it teaches false Christology. New Age proponents teach that The Christ is the one who is the most highly evolved being during a given age. This Christ, whether it be Buddha, Krishna, or Jesus, is the messiah for a given age. As an example, they believe that Jesus was The Christ for the Church or Piscean Age. According to their philosophy Jesus achieved Christhood and by right-thinking we too can achieve Christhood.


The Text, volume one, says that, “Christ waits for your acceptance of Him as yourself, and of His wholeness as yours.” Keep in mind that these words you have just heard are the words of Jesus, according to The Course. Now hear the Word, Matthew 24:4-5 says “Take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.” The Scripture is crystal clear about the deception of the saints by signs and wonders based in experience rather than His Word.


The Scripture teaches that Jesus alone is the Christ, the Son of the living God. John 1:20 and 20:31 indicate that we are not His equals.

There are a growing number of people waking up to the fact that The Course cannot adequately meet their growing need to worship a being beyond themselves, much less defend them in spiritual warfare.

Warren and Joy Smith are examples of how The Course is totally inadequate when it comes to defending one’s spirit from the evil one and his dominion. The Smith’s were deeply involved in the study of The Course. Warren relates Joy’s story in his book, The Light That Was Dark.

Joy was being spiritually harassed by a man who was highly proficient in astral projection (projecting his spirit for great distances). Warren relates how they faced the attacks. “We tried every metaphysical and spiritual technique we had ever learned - we repeated our Course in Miracles lessons, did visualizations, prayed as best we knew how, sent the spiritual intruder blessings, and kept the whole situation surrounded in white light - but none of it had any effect. We had to wait it out. The spiritual presence was calling the shots.”


After an intense time of frustration they went to their course study leaders for help. Joy explained that they “had repeatedly applied their Course in Miracles lessons, such as: ‘There is nothing to fear,’ ‘In my defenselessness my safety lies,’ and, ‘I could see peace instead of this.” After explaining that nothing had worked Frank, their study leader, “made it clear that he agreed with the Course’s metaphysical teaching that evil was only an illusion and that the experience was probably something that Joy was working out within herself.”

Frank’s wife Trudy was dazed when she heard herself say “put on the whole armor of God and stand fast against the wiles of the devil!” In amazement she went on and mentioned “Ephesians 6:10. It’s in your Bible.”

Trudy continued, saying, “I’m sorry, Frank. There is a devil . . . read Ephesians!” In the days ahead Joy continued to undergo the harassing attacks. During this time of uncertainty Warren visited a bookstore and discovered a book entitled The Beautiful Side of Evil by Johanna Michaelsen. He read it through and decided it’s message of deliverance was worth a chance.

It wasn’t long before he had an opportunity to test his newly found discovery - biblical exorcism. Joy fell into a depression as she had on so many occasions and Warren seized the opportunity to act.

He relates the incident in his book this way, “Reading from my notes the exact words that I had taken from Johanna’s book, I firmly addressed the presence. ‘Satan, in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, I command you to be gone! I forbid your presence here. I claim the protection of the blood of Jesus upon us. Go where Jesus sends you!” Immediately Joy’s face cleared and the oppression was gone.