Editorial January 14, 1985 Issue

Remarkable conclusions about reality

WILLIAM E. MOODY

If you have been reading through this magazine and were previously unacquainted with Christian Science, you may have decided that Christian Scientists look at the world in rather a different way. That's true. And if you asked a Christian Scientist for an explanation of the nature of reality, the reply would admittedly be in contrast to common material views of existence.

A student of Christian Science might respond, for example, that for him ultimate reality comprises only that which is made by God. And because he believes God, who is all-knowing divine Mind, to be the only creator and to be all good, he concludes that what is actually real must be actually good—having no element of evil. Also, since God is omnipotent Spirit and ever-present Life, His creation, which represents Him perfectly, must be spiritual and eternal. Creation is ordered and governed harmoniously by divine law. Reality does not consist of matter or any quality that is temporal. Nothing in God's kingdom decays or is subject to chance or discord of any sort.

These may indeed seem to be somewhat remarkable conclusions about reality, especially when one looks around him at human existence and it all appears so matter-bound. Famine, poverty, war, sickness, deprivations of all sorts—these are things that simply cannot be ignored. And Christian Science doesn't teach ignorance of such evils or a head-in-the-sand approach to dealing with them. We can all agree that much healing is needed.

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