Article November 7, 1964 Issue

Evil Is Never True

ELLEN WARREN ROBERTS

Often one hears someone give this explanation of a discordant situation: "Oh, it isn't anything that just happened. It's been building up all day" or "... all year" or "... all my life." Unless such a remark is mentally challenged, the listener may agree and accept a feeling of despondency or hopelessness.

Reason directs that we examine the validity of any statement or idea or situation. The question is always, "Is it true, or isn't it?" A lie never becomes true because we believe it for a while; but we labor under the mistaken belief as though it were true, until the falsity is fully recognized. Therefore it is important that we analyze all concepts for their trueness; doing this consistently can free us from discords.

Christ Jesus left this message: "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" (John 8:32). This truth which frees from all that is untrue is stated in the Bible, in the first chapter of Genesis. Here is set forth the absolute goodness of God's universe, including man. These spiritual facts form the basis for the healing work done by our Saviour and by Christian Science.

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