Article January 23, 1954 Issue

COLLEGE QUESTIONS AND THE CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST

THEODORE N. COOK

Laboratory research is fundamental on today's college campus. Not only in the physical sciences, but in other studies as well, emphasis is on firsthand investigation and objective testing. But what about religion? Can it be tested? Or is religion something that by its very nature does not lend itself to practical solutions? The Christian Scientist has no doubt as to the correct answer to these questions. He knows that Christian Science not only invites proof but demands proof. He knows it is completely practical.

There is deep hunger for practical religion among today's college students. Therefore it is not surprising that there is much interest in the teachings of Christian Science. Many young men and young women have heard authorized talks on Science at churches of their own denomination given by Christian Science Committees on Publication. The Christian Scientist on campus may be asked by other students for more information about his religion. This is something to be welcomed. For while we are not interested in debating religion, we do not hesitate to answer sincere questions about it.

When asked, for example, what the Christian Science approach is to problems of everyday living, we should be glad to explain that our religion teaches us absolute reliance on God for the solution of all problems—individual, national, and international. We can explain that, to the Christian Scientist, the prayer of spiritual understanding not only is practical, but is the only truly effective answer to today's challenges. We know that, in Christian Science, prayer leads not merely to consolation or to hope, but to healing. And we know that the world's best-selling book, the Bible, is dedicated to precisely such reliance.

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