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Love above all
If God is so good and all-powerful, how come the world is so evil?
Everyone confronts this question, or a variant of it, at some point. And everyone has his or her own response, including the apparently logical conclusion that there cannot be a God and the religious position that evil is allowed or even sent by God to test the faithful.
The absolute answer offered by Christian Science (which states that if God is real, then good is, by definition, infinite, and therefore evil is unreal) can initially appear to be mere sophistry. I’ve felt so at times. Several years ago I even hurled the open Bible as hard as I could against my bedroom wall in disgust, closely followed by the open Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. I even hurled my copy of the Christian Science Quarterly, which contains the weekly Christian Science Bible Lessons, against the wall for good measure.
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July 1, 2013 issue
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Letters
Bruce Higley, Tom Young
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A diet you can stick to
Evan Mehlenbacher
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Grace
Suzanne Goewert
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'What's it to you?'
Madora Kibbe
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I was seeking healing
Kathryn Jones Dunton
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Love above all
Iain Napier
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Infinite expression
Wil Meacham
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Impossible? Not to God!
Mary Trammell
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Fresh eyes on the Bible
Kim Shippey
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Biking blessings
Gabriel Johnston
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Cataracts and impaired vision healed
Pamilla Baptiste
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No longer depressed
Georgia W. Dearborn
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Forgiveness ends flu
Laurie M. Scott
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Hearing clearly again
Bob Fry
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Truth over tabloids
The Editors