Article May 5, 1973 Issue

Digestion and Idolatry

GORDON R. CLARKE

A person I know of was suffering from indigestion one night. He found himself sore pressed to believe that his discomfort was due to certain food he had eaten. But he was a student of Christian Science, and could see the danger of agreeing with this conclusion. He recognized that if in any way he admitted he was subject to a power other than the one loving, omnipotent Mind, God, he would be entertaining the possibility of discord, which he might not be able to escape. He might not be able to eat this food again, and other foods might at times have to be proscribed.

Then and there the man resolved to go out of his way to eat this certain food the next day. In this instance, defiance of so-called material laws seemed necessary and right for him. He also insisted right then and there on the fact that God, the benevolent Mind, was the only governing power, and was always in complete control over all his being.

Not only was the indigestion healed this night, but the fear of indigestion was also healed. Ever since then, he has eaten all kinds of food without fear—and without ill effects.

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