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Eye on the world: The supremacy of good
In “Protest, not numbness, in response to mass shootings” The Christian Science Monitor’s Editorial Board observes that despite an increase in mass shootings in recent years, the public’s general reaction is not one of numbness, but reflective of “a public protest of the power of good over evil.” The editorial notes that a “... desire to understand the [killers’] motive .... reveals a faith in our ability to teach people to act with kindness instead of violent malice”; the “... outpouring of compassion for the victims and their families …. helps lessen submission to the certainty of evil”; and debates about issues like gun rights and gun control reveal “... a determination that we can unite in mutual desire to care for one another in the face of killers who try to deny that affinity.”
Ideas on this subject:
From the Bible:
“The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.” (Psalms 33:5 )
“Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.” (Romans 12:21 )
From the writings of Mary Baker Eddy:
“If God, or good, is real, then evil, the unlikeness of God, is unreal.” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 470 )
“The domination of good destroys the sense of evil.” (No and Yes, p. 32 )
Related articles from The Christian Science Journal and Christian Science Sentinel:
In “ ‘The cardinal point in Christian Science’ ”: “... the understanding that God is good, and evil unreal, supports true prayer. We pray aright when we affirm the supremacy of God, good, and deny reality to evil—deny that evil has either presence or power.” And “God is infinite good. Good is supreme, and evil is without reality or power.”
In “Good Is Natural”: “Because God is good and God is All, good is natural…. It characterizes all that is in God’s universe.” And “It’s good, really, that has the last say and the only say—not error or evil…. Good is supreme now because it is natural.... Basing our lives on this blesses us and others.”
The articles above and others dealing with this subject can be found on JSH-Online.com or on CSMonitor.com.