Editorial February 6, 1971 Issue

So You Want to Get Involved

Carl J. Welz

To stop war, end pollution, overcome racism, prevent crime, preserve the beauties of the earth, to give everyone a sense of security and well-being, what can we as individuals do? There are many ways of getting constructively involved, and most of these ways require preparation and training so that our involvement will have a real effect.

Christian Science offers all of us a kind of basic training that equips us to make real rather than superficial contributions to the solution of the world's problems. In fact, if we really want to get involved, our study and practice of Christian Science is a way to show that we are not evading the issues but facing them squarely. This Science involves us directly in the business of improving life here on earth.

Christ Jesus' Sermon on the Mount is a compendium for human behavior, which if followed would involve us in the solution of all mankind's problems. He taught us not to judge or be angry with one another, to love our enemies as well as our friends. He stressed the mental nature of adultery and lust. He warned against laying up "treasures upon earth," saying, "but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven."^{Matt. 6:19, 20;} He exposed hypocrisy, pointing to the need for genuine trust in God. These teachings followed by mankind would make war unthinkable, would remove the belief that there is profit in anything that pollutes the environment, would eliminate criminal tendencies, would elevate the motives of business and government, all on the basis of man's relationship to God. The question is, How do we get mankind to pay attention to and follow these teachings?