Why I Am Not a
Christian Scientist (Concluded)
By Dr. William Evans Associate Dean Bible Institute of Los Angeles
Note.—This address has been delivered in the leading cities of the United States. The first of it was published in the May number of “The King’s Business.”
connection with the first section o f this lecture, pub- lished last month, the explanation was made that ’ s based on the state
States, and had already many disciples. The philosophy was called Christian Science ; and when I asked what the teaching was, I recognized it as being the philosophy that had been taught among my people for four thousand years. It has ruined millions o f lives and caused immeasurable suffering and sorrow in my land; for it is based on selfishness, and knows no sympathy or com passion. In. our late famine, our philoso phers felt no compassion for sufferers, and did not help the needy. For why should they help when they claim the suffering was not real, neither were the dying chil dren real.” Christian Science is pagan, not Christian, and it will be readily seen that when Mrs. Eddy declares that matter has no exist ence, she simply echoes the teachings o f pagan philosophy. Christian Science shows itself to be unchristian in that it claims to be the relig ion o f Jesus Christ, while asserting that it was discovered and revealed to the world
ments o f Christian Science itself as gath ered from its own text books,” and a full explanation was also given o f the difficulty o f verifying statements, because o f the many and startling changes made in these same Christian Science text books, from time to time. The first section closed with a discussion o f the topic, “ I. I am Not a Christian Scientist Because Christian Sci ence Is Not Scientific,” and I now take up Section II. II. I AM NOT A CHRISTIAN SCIEN TIST BECAUSE CHRISTIAN SCI ENCE IS NOT CHRISTIAN When the Pundita Ramabai came to this country in 1898, she remarked: “ On my arrival in New York I was told that a new philosophy was being taught in the United
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