Article September 13, 1982 Issue

What makes it true law?

CHANNING WALKER

In 1897 a curious bill offering a "new mathematical truth" was presented to a state legislature. It claimed, in effect, that л (pi) is really 16/3 or roughly 9.23. On the first vote in the house it passed unanimously—although the senate postponed the bill indefinitely. (Pi, you'll remember, is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, or approximately 3.14.)

So-called material health laws are a little like that. They claim big falsities. Their arguments may be impressively complex. They get unanimous endorsement from the five physical senses. But does that make them true law?

Geometric law relating to the circle might be obscured briefly by such a nonsensical bit of legislation, but a clear mathematical understanding brings the facts back to light. Similarly, supposititious material health laws might for a time obscure harmony and health, but spiritual understanding clears out these errors. It reveals the ever-present spiritual laws that maintain health and harmony in man, who is God's spiritual offspring. It was these spiritual laws that enabled Christ Jesus to perform his healing works centuries ago.

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