The Bible Speaks to You September 11, 1965 Issue

[The above is an abbreviated, post production text of the program released for broadcast the week of September 3–9 in the radio series, "The Bible Speaks to You." Heard internationally over more than 950 stations, the weekly programs are prepared and produced by the Christian Science Committee on Publication, 107 Falmouth Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.]

RADIO PROGRAM No. 179 - Is the Individual Obsolete?

QUESTIONER: Automation is "becoming more and more widespread. What about fears that the individual is rapidly becoming obsolete?

SPEAKER: Although automation is a challenge, most people agree that it is a progressive step. Man can never become obsolete because he is needed to express God. We read in the Bible (Isa. 43:12), "Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, that I am God." Man lives to express God. However, we are inclined to think of ourselves as mortals—as a mechanic or a typesetter or an office worker—but actually the real need is to know our real self as the spiritual likeness of God, and this real, spiritual self is never obsolete.

QUESTIONER: Maybe man's job is to express God and so in that sense he has a job and always will have; but it doesn't help to make ends meet.

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