Wisdom and Science…and Myth #6

Guest post:  Here’s a fun, readable post from our friend in Florida, Bob Clark.   You can catch all Bob’s great posts at his site here.  Enjoy. —-

Bob Clark

William James, a physician, philosopher, and author of the best-selling book, The Varieties of Religious Experience, wrote of Christian Scientists in 1894, “…their facts are patent and startling; and anything that interferes with the multiplication of such facts, and with our freest opportunity of observing and studying them, will, I believe, be a public calamity.”

In the next century, Albert Einstein, after attending a Wednesday testimony meeting at a Christian Science church in New York City, remarked to George Nay, a member, “Do you people realize what a wonderful thing you have?”

Not everybody was convinced. Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw once commented that Christian Science was neither…that is, neither Christian nor Science. Shaw had a truly expansive wit but perhaps he wasn’t asking the right questions.

Shaw’s Egyptian contemporary and fellow Nobel prize winner, Naguib Mahfouz, wrote, “You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers, You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.”

Mary Baker Eddy studied the science of Christianity, Bible in hand, for over half a century. Through her persistent questioning, she discovered a set of spiritual principles relating to the nature of God and His creation. These principles can and have been applied with expected and consistent healing results. The facts speak for themselves.

When scientific questioning yields verifiable results, or facts, such as the above, and the wisdom of the age is advanced, this is, as William James pointed out, always in the public’s best interest.

Myth # 6: Christian Science is not really science. Over 80,000 lives redeemed and healed through its study and practice say otherwise. —

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