Article November 9, 1918 Issue

Lieutenant-Colonel Bullock is reported to have said, in his...

Charles W. J. Tennant—London, England

The Inquirer

Lieutenant-Colonel Bullock is reported to have said, in his lecture on atheism at Mill Hill, Leeds, that atheism was the source of Christian Science. Now atheism is defined as disbelief in, or denial of, the existence of God. Christian Science, on the other hand, declares that God is All-in-all. How the latter teaching can be derived from the former, it would be difficult for any sane, logical person to find out.

Our critic further said that Christian Science teaches that there is nothing but God in the world, and that therefore there could be no pain, because pain is not good. Such teaching, he says, "is contrary to human experience and is simply juggling with facts." Christian Science teaches that the universe of God's creating is spiritual, and not material. In referring to the material sense of the world John says: "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. ... For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever." From this it is quite evident that the world, as it appears to the five physical senses, is not the outcome of Spirit. Mrs. Eddy, writing on page 209 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," throws great light on this subject. She says: "The compounded minerals or aggregated substances composing the earth, the relations which constituent masses hold to each other, the magnitudes, distances, and revolutions of the celestial bodies, are of no real importance, when we remember that they all must give place to the spiritual fact by the translation of man and the universe back into Spirit. In proportion as this is done, man and the universe will be found harmonious and eternal."

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