Article January 21, 1980 ISSUE

Confronting World problems with spiritual understanding

CHARLOTTE SAIKOWSKI

Two divergent pitfalls can confront the Christian Scientist trying to deal with mankind's threatening problems. One might be called theological glibness, the casual dismissal of disturbing phenomena with the thought: "Oh, that's not real—it's nothing, because God didn't create evil. So why worry?"

The other reaction might be dubbed honest bewilderment, a feeling of being overwhelmed by the onrush of adversity and disaster. "The problems are too big and too complex," such thinking goes. "I don't understand them, so I'll just do what I can with my own life and hope for the best."

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