At a time when Christians are involved in discussing the need for greater unity, it is not unusual for Christian Scientists to consider carefully the place that Christian Science occupies in the Christian community. They realize that while this Science necessarily excludes itself from controversies over doctrines, creeds, ceremonies, and rituals, which tend to separate one denomination from another, Science in no way departs from Christianity as Christ Jesus taught and established it.
An emphatic statement by Mrs. Eddy sets forth the correct attitude of Christian Scientists toward other denominations. She writes in "No and Yes" (p. 8), "I enjoin it upon my students to hold no controversy or enmity over doctrines and traditions, or over the misconceptions of Christian Science, but to work, watch, and pray for the amelioration of sin, sickness, and death."
Christian Scientists have no desire to quarrel with other Christians over the things which have resulted in dividing them into many differing forms of religious worship. They prize highly the freedom to worship God according to one's conscience. They realize, however, that while a diversity of religious opinions is better than any form of ecclesiastical domination, this diversity does not of itself ensure a true understanding of God and of man's inseparable relationship to Him.
