Editorial April 3, 1976 Issue

Man Is Not Cellular

Peter J. Henniker-Heaton

Early in his ministry Christ Jesus summed up his perception of life. He said, "It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing." John 6:63; From the basis of this perception he performed cures unparalleled by today's most sophisticated methods of drugging or surgery. And in the closing scenes of his own earthly career he demonstrated that life, when identified as spiritual, not material, is indestructible.

The healing ministry of Christian Science works from the basis of this same perception that man's life and identity are sustained not by matter but by Spirit.

Current biological explanations of man regard him as having evolved from a single-cell organism and as now dependent on a vast operational complex of these organic units or cells. It is thought that as a rule these cells behave in orderly fashion, multiplying, dividing, replicating, and renewing themselves healthily according to their own laws. But that sometimes they malfunction and cause diseases, which then need correction by material treatment.

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