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Eye on the world: The dignity of man
In “The Peace Prize’s lesson for civil society” The Christian Science Monitor’s Editorial Board highlights the awarding of the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize to four Tunisian groups that “saved the country’s democratic revolution by mediating a solution to a political crisis in 2013…. [The groups] offered a basic message[:] … government must recognize the innate dignity and equality of all citizens. Power must not be based on one class, one tribe, one religion, or a superiority of firearms.”
Ideas on this subject:
From the Bible:
“Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows” (Luke 12:6, 7 ).
“It is he that hath made us” (Psalms 100:3 ).
From the writings of Mary Baker Eddy:
Speaking of man: “He is the compound idea of God, including all right ideas; …” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 475 ).
Related articles from the Christian Science Sentinel:
In “The dignity of man”: “... man, made in God's likeness, has eternal, spiritual dignity and being.” And “Man's individual dignity is established from the beginning…. Each individual is in reality an immediate idea of Mind. Each has an important purpose or destiny in God's eternal plan for endless being. Each has Mind at hand uttering or unfolding in consciousness the perfection of real being—the wisdom, love, and purity which constitute God's holy temple. The message of Mind to each one is constant, ever present, invariable, It includes a declaration of the individual purpose of each idea. That purpose is forever good, forever perfect.”
In “The priceless value of each individual”: “The man whom God has created—your true identity and individuality—has infinite, eternal value because man's being is essential to God's purpose and self-expression…. each individual manifestation of divine Life is necessary to the integrity of divine creation.”
The articles above and others dealing with this subject can be found on JSH-Online.com or on CSMonitor.com.