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Eye on the world: Uniting together for good
An editorial in The Christian Science Monitor notes that both Nigeria and Iraq are battling jihadist terrorists and points out that “neither band of terrorists has so far faced much on-the-ground pushback by either nation’s military.” One reason is that the battlefield “is not on the ground. It lies in the ability of each country’s people and elected leaders to rise above traditional differences—religious, ethnic, or tribal” (“The real battlefield against jihadist armies”).
Here are some thoughts from the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, who also founded the Monitor:
“It should be thoroughly understood that all men have one Mind, one God and Father, one Life, Truth, and Love. Mankind will become perfect in proportion as this fact becomes apparent, war will cease and the true brotherhood of man will be established” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 467 ).
“One infinite God, good, unifies men and nations; constitutes the brotherhood of man; ends wars; fulfills the Scripture, ‘Love thy neighbor as thyself;’ annihilates pagan and Christian idolatry,—whatever is wrong in social, civil, criminal, political, and religious codes; equalizes the sexes; annuls the curse on man, and leaves nothing that can sin, suffer, be punished or destroyed” (Science and Health, p. 340 ).
In “Good defense against terrorism,” the author writes, “We need to actively and unequivocally recognize that divine Principle is the only force operating in the universe, and resist anything that appears to the contrary.”
“Arrested, interrogated, but never beyond God’s liberating love” tells how a Nigerian man and his wife prayed after he was arrested by Nigerian security forces who believed he had been giving information about Nigeria to another country. Their prayers led to his freedom.
The articles above and others dealing with this subject can be found on JSH-Online.com.