Chapter XV - Genesis
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ciple, and explains Deity through mortal and finite con-
ciple, and explains Deity through mortal and finite con-
ceptions.
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"Behold, the man is become as one of us." This could
"Behold, the man is become as one of us." This could
not be the utterance of Truth or Science, for according
to the record, material man was fast degenerating and
never had been divinely conceived.
Mental tillage
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The condemnation of mortals to till the ground means
The condemnation of mortals to till the ground means
this, – that mortals should so improve material belief
by thought tending spiritually upward as to
destroy materiality. Man, created by God,
was given dominion over the whole earth. The notion
of a material universe is utterly opposed to the theory
of man as evolved from Mind. Such fundamental errors
send falsity into all human doctrines and conclusions,
and do not accord infinity to Deity. Error tills the
whole ground in this material theory, which is entirely a
false view, destructive to existence and happiness. Out-
side of Christian Science all is vague and hypothetical, the
opposite of Truth; yet this opposite, in its false view of
God and man, impudently demands a blessing.
Erroneous standpoint
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The translators of this record of scientific creation
The translators of this record of scientific creation
entertained a false sense of being. They believed in
the existence of matter, its propagation and
power. From that standpoint of error, they
could not apprehend the nature and operation of Spirit.
Hence the seeming contradiction in that Scripture, which
is so glorious in its spiritual signification. Truth has
but one reply to all error, – to sin, sickness, and death:
"Dust [nothingness] thou art, and unto dust [nothingness]
shalt thou return."
Mortality mythical
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"As in Adam [error] all die, even so in Christ [Truth]
"As in Adam [error] all die, even so in Christ [Truth]
shall all be made alive." The mortality of man is a