Article March 6, 1978 Issue

Religion and the intellectual

HUBERTA F. RANDALL

When I was a student in the Netherlands, none of my fellow students, as far as I can remember, were interested in religion. We never discussed it, but I think the general feeling was that we'd outgrown the church and its unrealistic beliefs. Wasn't the Bible full of contradictions, and didn't the churches fight each other while proclaiming God to be Love?

Apparently this attitude is still widespread. In an issue of the Holland Herald^{See Vol. 8, No. 7, p. 9;} I read, "The latest Dutch census has shown the number of people declaring no religion has increased from 18.3 percent of the population in 1960 to 22.5 percent."

First, I'd like to tell what changed my attitude toward religion. A serious spinal condition, which had been pronounced incurable, proved to be a blessing in disguise. A friend of mine suggested I try Christian Science. I did, and I was permanently healed. Imagine—I, who had brushed aside Jesus' healings as irrational, impossible—I myself was healed by spiritual means alone!

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