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YOUR LETTERS
"Thank you for alerting me and others to this truth."
At first I was shocked to read in Mr. Bergenheim's article (October 26) that people bet on the death of public figures on the Internet. But as we understand the wrongness of this mental action, other more subtle cases stand out.
The article "Cuba After Castro" in The Christian Science Monitor (International edition, 16 to 22 October, p. 6), quotes Adolfo Salguerio stating that changes initiated by Castro are the least probable, given his stubbornness. He further speculates that Castro will pass on, leaving power in the hands of his brother Raul. Wayne Smith concurs: "If [Fidel] Castro went down in a helicopter next year, Raul would be the initial leader." Here you can feel the hidden hope that we may benefit by the death of a person.
But Mrs. Eddy writes, "God has endowed man with inalienable rights, among which are self-government, reason, and conscience" (Science and Health, p. 106). She doesn't mention stubbornness! During recent international crises, I have also prayed with this thought from the same book: "A spiritual idea has not a single element of error, and this truth removes properly whatever is offensive" (p. 463). Then we don't need to speculate on Castro's passing.
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December 21, 1998 issue
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To Our Readers
William E. Moody
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YOUR LETTERS
with contributions from Manfred Söllinger, Sandra Scott
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The Science of Christ—the gift of living to love and to heal
Colleen Douglass
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The Christmas story
Duane Valentry
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Christmas in a foxhole
By James B. Crafton
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Christmas in jail
By Lou Torok
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The lie and the liar behind illness and injury
By Lesley E. Gort
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IMMEDIATE HEALING IS POSSIBLE
Robert A. Johnson
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"How to change the world"
By Kim Shippey
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Travel with God
By Joanne Ward Humbert
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Singing your way through the clouds
James E. Thurman, Jr.
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Dear Sentinel
Summer L. Wyllie
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Inner ear trouble and thyroid disease healed
Suzanne Moss
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Reliance on God removes unsightly growth
Carole Anne Blackburne
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Skin cancer healed through prayer
Jacobus P. de Bruyn
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Spiritual intuition leads to safety and healing
Iris C. Keown
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Dealing with an enemy to peace in the Middle East
By Lizabeth H. Furst
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You can trust the Comforter
Margaret Rogers