Article December 27, 1969 Issue

The Absolute Nature of Christian Science

KATHLEEN O'CONNOR

Christian Science is absolute because it is founded exclusively on God, the All and Only. Its teachings reveal God, Spirit, Mind, as the only cause and creator, including within Himself His spiritual creation, man and the universe. This is in accordance with the central theme of the Bible, "I am the Lord, and there is none else." Isa. 45:5;

But someone may ask, "If God, Spirit, is All, what of the evil and matter that seem to form so large a part of human experience?" Christian Science shows that the mortal, material sense of life is a misconception of existence, in which everything relates to a false sense of man's origin and is therefore untrue, unreal. This accords with Jesus' teachings in regard to evil or mortal mind: "Ye are of your father the devil. ... He ... abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him." John 8:44;

That Christian Science is absolute does not imply that it is abstract, theoretical, or merely the plaything of intellectuality. It would be of little or no value to humanity if such were the case. The substantial, demonstrable nature of Christian Science becomes apparent in the degree that its absolute truths are understood and put into practice in the healing of sin and sickness and in the solving of human problems.

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