Christian Science teaches that since God, Spirit, is the only creator, creation is spiritual and perfect. The creations of God are never material or finite, but are spiritual and infinite. God is the divine, creative Principle of all existence, and He is reflected or expressed in multifarious spiritual forms. The identity and individuality of every true idea are eternally maintained and preserved, for they are as perfect and eternal as their creator and exist as the reflection of their creator. Each idea has its perfect being in the Mind that forms it, and since there is only one infinite Mind, the idea can never be separated from divine Mind.
These identities, or ideas, appear to human consciousness in various forms. To this consciousness the creatures of God appear as finite and material, but to spiritual sense they appear in their true forms as the divine manifestations of Spirit.
While to human consciousness an animal may seem of less importance than an individual, nevertheless seen in the light of spiritual understanding all ideas are important to God and express Him. Mary Baker Eddy says in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 303), "The minutiae of lesser individualities reflect the one divine individuality and are comprehended in and formed by Spirit, not by material sensation." Christian Science teaches that divine ideas range from the infinitesimal to the infinite, not from the finite to the infinite. The infinitesimal partakes of the same quality as the infinite, and although infinity implies the indeterminately great, infinitesimal implies the indeterminately small. The finite is neither infinite nor infinitesimal.
