Since
it is understood by Christian Scientists that, in belief, mortals exist in an atmosphere of mortal thinking, rather than in a material environment, the necessity for protecting their thinking against prevalent world beliefs is obvious to them.
When
Abram parted from Lot at Beth-el, he said, "Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.