Editorial August 17, 1968 Issue

A Religion for the Thinker

Alan A. Aylwin

Today every branch of human knowledge is being subjected to close scrutiny. The bright cold light of scientific research leaves nothing untouched. Vague attitudes and theories once accepted without question are being challenged as human knowledge increases and the old is replaced by the new. This is the pragmatic approach that scorns woolly thinking and demands verifiable evidence before accepting theory as fact.

No thinking person can quarrel with this attitude. He knows that a theory can be proved true or false by thorough research and application, and in this spirit he is willing to abide by the verdict, be it pro or con. Traditional theological questions cannot be resolved on this basis; and because of this, religion is being rejected by many thinkers on the grounds that its assertions are unprovable, therefore irrelevant to modern life.

However, Christian Science asserts that true religion is scientific and can be proved as such by actual demonstration. Christian Science is the very Science of Life, locked up for centuries in the pages of the Bible and revealed in its fullness by Mrs. Eddy through spiritual revelation.

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