Editorial March 16, 1981 Issue

Church—why?

DeWITT JOHN

One of the inviting things about Christian Science is that it gives us a new outlook and new views of everything around us—thus fulfilling Paul's description of what happens when one accepts the Christ: "Behold, all things are become new."^{II Cor. 5:17.} This certainly applies to our thoughts about the Church of Christ, Scientist, whether we are members or not.

Popular attitudes today are flavored with a good deal of skepticism and disillusionment about the workings of organizations, and with a feeling they're burdensome. Many people have accepted the notion: "I don't need organization—I just want to do my own thing." Yet when one views our church with spiritual insight, such an attitude would seem, frankly, a bit shallow, because this church is so utterly different—in origin, nature, and action—from any other human institution.

Origin: Our church was founded by Mary Baker Eddy as an indispensable, permanent part of her life-mission to give to the world the Comforter, divine Science. It isn't just another humanly designed institution. The more one learns of the spirit and the practice of Christian Science, the more one sees that she founded it through prayer, demonstration, and divine guidance—all stemming from revelation.

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