Article May 5, 2008 Issue

WHAT IS SCIENTIFIC RELIGION?

BY NATHAN A. TALBOT

It should seem rational that the only perfect religion is divine Science, Christianity as taught by our great Master; that which leaves the beaten path of human doctrines and Is the truth of God, and of man and the universe. The divine Principle and rules of this Christianity being demonstrable, they are undeniable; and they must be found final, absolute, and eternal.

—MARY BAKER EDDY, MESSAGE TO THE MOTHER CHURCH FOR 1900, P. 4

CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS MAY FIND a variety of ways to answer that question for a newcomer. But none of those ways may be quite as simple and clear as the way a newcomer answered it a few weeks ago for a Christian Scientist.

About the author

Nate Talbot practices and teaches Christian Science healing. He is Clerk of The Mother Church, and a member of the Christian Science Board of Directors. He lives in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

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