Chapter I - Natural Science
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With this theory, to be omnipresent, God must pass in
With this theory, to be omnipresent, God must pass in
personal identity over earth; or possess a body that en-
compasseth universal space; in which case, what would
be the personality of God? Spirit is not matter; nor is
it both within and without matter; if such were the
case, they would be one in substance and Intelligence,
else limited to the range of personal sense, or personal
sense raised to the capacity of omnipresence, which is
again impossible. Our beliefs of a personal Deity place
infinite Life and Love within the stature of a man;
make man God, or put God into matter, which is athe-
ism. Error is the basis of all belief; we need, instead,
the true idea, based on the understanding of God the
impersonal Principle, Truth, and Life of man, which is
not body, but Soul.
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The artist is not in his painting; the picture is a
The artist is not in his painting; the picture is a
thought of his, an emanation of Spirit, not matter; the
Creator is not in what he creates. The potter is not in
the clay, but has power over the clay; God produces
his own personality, and cannot get into it, because it is
in Him the circumference and infinite Soul outside of
matter and man. The five personal senses are beliefs
of Life, substance, and Intelligence in matter, even the
fount of error; all discord proceeds from this false
source; in reality, there is no personal sense, for mat-
ter is not intelligent. The line of demarkation be-
tween the Principle that is Intelligence and Life, and
the belief of Life and Intelligence in person, is the boun-
dary between belief and science, otherwise, between
error and truth. Science contradicts personal sense in
every instance, as we shall hereafter show. Under-
standing is the only admissible evidence of Truth; con-
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clusions drawn from personal sense are foundationless;
clusions drawn from personal sense are foundationless;
understanding is a portion of the infinite Principle
embracing every idea of Truth. Belief has no Princi-
ple; it is a mortal and finite sense of things called
knowledge, a lie of limits that would place Soul in
body, Life and Intelligence in matter to evolve mat-
ter, and call this germination, nature or seed reproduc-
ing itself; not only denying to God the things that are
His, but limiting the Infinite, and thinking to fasten
Wisdom to discord and decay.
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To learn the Truth of things, they must be explained
To learn the Truth of things, they must be explained
from the basis of Soul, and not sense; personal sense is
knowledge, obtained from opinions and beliefs. When
our interpretations proceed from the Principle of things,
we have them right; but if from observation, or the de-
ductions of personal sense, they are wrong, are beliefs
based on the supposition of Life and Intelligence in
matter, which is error.
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Impressions supposed to proceed from the hearing of
Impressions supposed to proceed from the hearing of
the ear, the observations of the eye, from touch, taste,
or smell, are these beliefs, but not the ideas of God.
Every idea proceeds from Principle, gained through
understanding, whereby we arrive at demonstrable
Truth. Belief constitutes mistakes, understanding
never errs, hence it is necessary to the harmony of
mind and body. Inasmuch as belief starts from person,
instead of Principle, it is not the Truth of being, but
the error called mortal man.
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Knowledge is power, even the force that depends on
Knowledge is power, even the force that depends on
organizations for strength, it is neither moral suasion,
moral might, idea, nor Principle; but a faith, supposi-
tion, or belief. Repulsion, attraction, cohesion, and