My mother-in-law recieved "A Course in Miracles" this Christmas. My father-in-law (they are divorced btw) recieved the DaVinci code along with my sister-in-law.

My mil's husband asked me of the Course of Miracles, "What do you think?" Now I'd never even heard of it before that night and was still reading through it. I just said, "It looks interesting". After that point I had to double check if the book was a JW or mormon production. I read plenty of garbage, but the key heresy was that Christ is not God. At least as I skimmed. The DaVinci code I'd already read and foamed at the mouth about.

Now when the stepinlaw asked me what I thought I replied honestly. Had he asked me five minutes later he'd have gotten the truth then as well. Which would have been a large portion of my mind.

Does anyone have any advice on how to maintain a civil and polite relationship with these people? My present method is to evade all discussion of theology, but quite frankly that is unrealistic.

"There is nothing that keeps wicked men at any one moment out of hell, but the mere pleasure of God." - Jonathan Edwards