# A Course Miracles? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 26, 2013, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-course-miracles/672311 "2013-10-26T15:24:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-course-miracles/672311/21 "2013-10-27T13:11:04Z")
Never heard of it and not interested, from the little I read here. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-course-miracles/672311/22 "2013-10-27T13:22:16Z")
> [@Heehaw Jones](#): > > +1 > “Spiritual transformation” huh. :dubious: And if it was dictated by Jesus, why were there later editions? What did he forget something? ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-course-miracles/672311/23 "2013-10-27T13:22:57Z")
I had never heard of this before. But looking it up I see… IT WAS WRITTEN BY JESUS :eek::smack: So in a religious sense, this is \*\*way more important than the Bible. \*\* Unbelievable. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-course-miracles/672311/24 "2013-10-27T13:25:17Z")
No poll option for me. Never heard of it before, and don’t find it interesting. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-course-miracles/672311/25 "2013-10-27T13:28:44Z")
> [@saje](#): > > No poll option for me. > > Never heard of it before, and don’t find it interesting. The last option, I think. That’s what I chose for the same feeling. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-course-miracles/672311/26 "2013-10-27T14:45:47Z")
> [@jsutter](#): > > …in every instant in every day I now see nothing but miracles. That’s because you start with the preconception that anything you can’t instantly explain is a miracle, or for things that others can easily explain you won’t accept the reasonable explanation, but want it to be a miracle instead. Which casts doubt on your definition of a miracle. The most [common definition](https://www.google.com/#q=define:+miracle) is something which defies the laws of nature. Therefore, births and narrow escapes from disasters do not qualify. In fact, we know of nothing which can definitely be said to be a miracle and we know of no sure way to create one as The Course suggests. “Miracles” are the result of poor interpretations and wishful thinking. [A Course in Miracles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Course_in_Miracles) is Newage bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-course-miracles/672311/27 "2013-10-27T15:00:50Z")
> [@jsutter](#): > > Nonetheless, my time was well spent; in every instant in every day I now see nothing but miracles. Define “miracle”, please. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-course-miracles/672311/28 "2013-10-27T15:08:59Z")
Never heard of it, Googled it, wish I’d still never heard of it. Sounds like a plan to foist religion on people in therapy. > [@](#): > > And if it was dictated by Jesus, why were there later editions? What did he forget something? Bravo, sir. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-course-miracles/672311/29 "2013-10-27T15:37:23Z")
> [@jsutter](#): > > 5 minutes might change your mind and your life. Aloha Sorry, my mind and my life aren’t so trivial that they can be changed in 5 minutes. And yes, you need a “load of steaming shit” option in the poll. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-course-miracles/672311/30 "2013-10-27T16:31:12Z")
its misnamed - it should be titled “of course, its a miracle” - as an atheist, I see ‘miracles’ everyday - just for example, today - close to 6 billion people didnt die. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-course-miracles/672311/31 "2013-10-27T17:42:40Z")
> [@simster](#): > > its misnamed - it should be titled “of course, its a miracle” - > > as an atheist, I see ‘miracles’ everyday - just for example, today - close to 6 billion people didnt die. But there are reasons, rational explanations why most people didn’t die. Not a miracle. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-course-miracles/672311/32 "2013-10-28T00:50:03Z")
I uses to work in a bookstore, so I’m familiar with it. Big. Blue. Shelved in the Woo Section. Since it gets the same genial eye-roll consigned to its shelf-mates, none of your poll options seemed quite appropriate. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-course-miracles/672311.md?page=1)