Article March 31, 1917 Issue

A writer seems to think that Christian Science teaches that...

Lloyd B. Coate—Columbus, Ohio

Ohio State Journal

A writer seems to think that Christian Science teaches that hell is done away with, that the devil is a myth, that punishment for sin is all a fake, that we deny there is any wickedness in the world, and assert that God is too good to punish sin, that all may now "eat, drink, and be merry," and that fear no longer annoys.

The teaching of Christian Science in regard to the devil is in accord with what Jesus taught: "He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it." Did you ever stop to think what a lie is when uncovered and destroyed? On page 588 of the Christian Science text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy, the word hell is defined as follows: "Mortal belief; error; lust; remorse; hatred; revenge; sin; sickness; death; suffering and self-destruction; self-imposed agony; effects of sin; that which 'worketh abomination or maketh a lie.' "

Christian Scientists do not ignore the claim of evil or sin in the world, but they do deny that God sent it. Christian Science teaches that wrong doing makes its own hell, and right living its own heaven. Sin is to be dealt with and overcome in a Christianly scientific manner, in the way Jesus taught and demonstrated. The sinner can receive no encouragement in Christian Science for wrong doing. Christian Science most emphatically teaches that so long as sin continues, suffering will continue. The sinner must repent and turn away from the belief that sin is a reality and confers a pleasure. He must handle it as Jesus did,—as a lie and a liar,—and no longer be deceived by it, but find refuge in God, infinite good.

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