FROM THE EDITORS March 15, 1993 Issue

FROM THE EDITORS

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"In the unlikely event of a water landing...." These words are often heard in the preflight instructions given to passengers a few moments prior to an airliner's takeoff. The flight attendant's announcement, however, might not always foster the confidence intended with that little word unlikely. And whether on an airplane or anywhere else, no one wants to fear becoming a victim of the so-called laws of probability and chance. ...

In the light of Christian Science, experience shows that notions of chance, luck, accident, fate, and so on, operate only in the realm of human belief and misconception. People imagine that there are subtle influences for evil or good where there is actually only one influence. And that influence is God—the only power, who causes only good.

Yet, so many people still seem to want to take a chance or to offer a chance. There are the sweepstakes notices you receive in the mail, the palm reader's sign you see on the way to work, and the football pools at the office. The radio has ad after ad for lottery tickets. And that man who's always smiling on the envelope in your mailbox as he announces "You may be our next million-dollar winner"? Sometimes he can almost seem like a god, tossing dice to determine how much good there will be in your life.

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