Article December 21, 1992 Issue

Letters to the press—and other articles

In Christian Science, healing begins with God

This article was submitted by David A. Greene in response to a Los Angeles Times story about turmoil in the Christian Science Church that appeared in the News II section of the July 5 Providence Sunday Journal. The writer is the Christian Science Committee on Publication for Rhode Island.

Mercy is an awesome word. My dictionary says it means "a refraining from harming or punishing offenders, enemies, persons in one's power. Kindness in excess of what is expected or demanded by fairness."

I wonder if "bitter, abhorrence and outraged" describes mercy at all or even relates to it. These words were recently used in an article by Bob Baker that appeared in the Journal-Bulletin July 5 to describe Christian Scientists.

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