Article July 7, 1997 Issue

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Cherish, don't deface, the original

Julie Crandall Foskett

Are you offended when you see graffiti defacing public or private property? It's easy to wonder at the lack of concern for others it denotes. But before you or I get too disturbed about the defacing of buildings or landmarks, how do we feel about the defacing of our concept of man, through the mental graffiti that would defile what the Bible describes as God's image and likeness?

The Bible portrays God as infinite, creative Mind, or Spirit. Man is God's offspring, the natural outcome and expression of God's own flawless selfhood. He is, therefore, Godlike, perfect.

Christ Jesus demonstrated this ideal, spiritual man for the enlightenment of mankind. He proved man's inherent dominion over the temptations and ills of a fleshly, or animal, nature. Christian Science helps one see that Jesus was also showing us the unreality of the mortal view of man as born into matter, living in a constant state of change, and finally dying. This simply is not man. We must look beyond what the physical senses would identify and discover the spiritual—the original—man.

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