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
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myth, for man is immortal. The false belief that spirit is
myth, for man is immortal. The false belief that spirit is
now submerged in matter, at some future time to be eman-
cipated from it, – this belief alone is mortal.
Spirit, God, never germinates, but is "the same
yesterday, and to-day, and forever." If Mind, God, cre-
ates error, that error must exist in the divine Mind, and
this assumption of error would dethrone the perfection
of Deity.
No truth from a material basis
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Is Christian Science contradictory? Is the divine
Is Christian Science contradictory? Is the divine
Principle of creation misstated? Has God no Science to
declare Mind, while matter is governed by un-
erring intelligence? "There went up a mist
from the earth." This represents error as
starting from an idea of good on a material basis. It
supposes God and man to be manifested only through
the corporeal senses, although the material senses can
take no cognizance of Spirit or the spiritual idea.
Genesis and the Apocalypse seem more obscure than
other portions of the Scripture, because they cannot
possibly be interpreted from a material standpoint. To
the author, they are transparent, for they contain the deep
divinity of the Bible.
Dawning of spiritual facts
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Christian Science is dawning upon a material age.
Christian Science is dawning upon a material age.
The great spiritual facts of being, like rays of light, shine
in the darkness, though the darkness, com-
prehending them not, may deny their reality.
The proof that the system stated in this book is Chris-
tianly scientific resides in the good this system accom-
plishes, for it cures on a divine demonstrable Principle
which all may understand.
Proof given in healing
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If mathematics should present a thousand different
If mathematics should present a thousand different
examples of one rule, the proving of one example would