Atomic power, as materially conceived, impinges so closely on the daily affairs of all men of all nations that fear of it may well chasten the thought of mankind. Such beneficent chastening could result in a clear victory over the reluctance of humanity to forsake the material for the spiritual. This change of heart would naturally hasten the advance towards the richer unfoldment of the power of God, Spirit, over the welfare of men.
Humanity is greatly indebted to all whose efforts to ease human burdens have proved successful. Their untiring labors have severed the chains with which men and women have been bound to outmoded ways. This is in keeping with progress. However, we know that new discoveries have not always been directed into spheres of usefulness only. The destructive forces of the world would take hold of new material ideas and use them to disrupt the human concept of progress and destroy the human sense of life.
Atomic power lends itself to such misuse. Not being wholly beneficent, it is not of God and should be seen for what it is—a creation of mortal mind, a last-minute effort to mesmerize humanity into acknowledging, and then standing in awe of, its seeming potentialities for evil as well as for human good. Christian Science repudiates matter and all materialistic theories, including the belief that within the material atom will be found that which is destined to bring peace to all mankind.
