It
is recorded in the Gospel of John that at one time the Jews accused Jesus of blasphemy because, as they averred, "Thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
On
page 494 of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mary Baker Eddy writes: "Reason, rightly directed, serves to correct the errors of corporeal sense; but sin, sickness, and death will seem real.
Students
of Christian Science are clearly admonished by Mary Baker Eddy, the Discover and Founder of this Science, to avoid altogether the use of tobacco and strong drink.
A Bacteriologist
on the faculty of a well-known university was once responsible for the statement that an epidemic of influenza was under way which had already reached the stage where it might have been termed pandemic, rather than epidemic.
The
significance and value of Christ Jesus' commandment, "Love your enemies," have been greatly clarified for a multitude of Christians, and others not previously Christians, by Christian Science.
There
is undoubtedly increasing recognition among physicians and others who have not studied Christian Science, but whose views have been influenced in some measure by its practice, of the important role of thought in relation to disease.