Article July 10, 1978 Issue

Is radical reliance on God dangerous?

G. STANLEY HAMMOND

I was a newcomer to Christian Science. I had always thought of the word "radical" as meaning extreme—even dangerous. Now I was being exposed to the term in connection with reliance on healing. "Christian Science healing sure is different," the thought kept recurring, "but is radical bad?"

Eventually I got beyond that impasse, became an ardent student of this Science, and found radical reliance on the healing power of God to be a natural and important part of Christian Science. Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, states, "It is not wise to take a halting and half-way position or to expect to work equally with Spirit and matter, Truth and error." On the same page she says: "Only through radical reliance on Truth can scientific healing power be realized."^{Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 167;}

This Science, which is fully in accord with the teachings of Christ Jesus, follows the way Jesus healed—by prayer, not by using drugs or other material means. Christian Science healing rests on the fact that man is created perfect in the image of God, who is the only power. The use of any material means would act as a deterrent to spiritual healing by dividing our allegiance between Spirit and matter.

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