Article April 28, 1945 Issue

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FORREST H. KANE

In spite of Habakkuk's definite statement (Hab. 1:13), "Thou [God] art of purer eyes than to behold evil," mortal mind or the carnal mind, which, Paul says, "is enmity against God," constantly urges us to believe that which is not true. In this particular it performs somewhat the same function as do sensational news reports. These seize upon some misfortune or crime or destructive incident, magnify it out of all proportion, give it large headlines, and then circulate it among those who are thus led, day by day to believe that evil not only is real but is even more powerful than good. Frequently reports or rumors are published for which there is little or no foundation, thereby influencing many people to accept as true that which has no basis in fact.

The carnal mind is truthless; it claims to be able to convince us that evil is real and powerful, and with little or no reason it whispers to us of failure, lack of ability, uncertainty, loss of opportunity, lack of understanding, and a host of other untruths. Sometimes it may persuade us to believe that we are afraid of something, that we are helplessly sick or disabled; that our case is incurable; that we lack the necessities of life, or perhaps that we cannot find suitable employment.

When we are not awake to the propagandic nature of mortal mind's headlines and do not detect their flagrant disregard of truth, we may be mesmerized by their claims and believe that to be true which is the opposite of Truth. As a result, evil in one or many of its deceptive forms appears as an obstacle to health, harmony, or success. As the understanding of Christian Science opens our eyes to the allness, ever-presence, and omnipotence of God, good, and to the unreal nature of evil's claims, we can detect and reject its arguments as worthless, unreal, and as having no foundation in Truth. Confronted with headlines of truth—statements of God's presence and power and man's oneness therewith—of which countless examples may be found in the Scriptures and in our Leader's writings, evil's boasted power and inflated claims collapse. Then angels minister unto us.

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