QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

As irrepressible as the coming of a new season is the hunger to understand one another. We all want to know more about our neighbors than what simply meets the eye—especially what's in the heart impelling their lives. In this continuing series, we share questions and answers that have come up recently—in one-to-one conversations, in discussion groups, and through correspondence with people who want to know what Christian Science is and what it's like to be a student of Christian Science. Of course, the responses given here are not presented as final or definitive. Nor are they the only way any particular inquiry might be responded to. But they do come out of actual exchanges between Christian Scientists and their neighbors.

The universal struggle to overcome sin in one's life often leads to profound and probing questions. The following exchange occurred during a talk on Christian Science at a Protestant theological seminary.

Q: From the standpoint of Christian Science, are sin and sickness related?

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