Protests are not new. There have always been protesters against established conditions and laws. And this is good if the demands are intelligent and progressive. It often takes vigorous action to jerk the carnal mind out of its lethargy and unthinking satisfaction with outgrown standards. According to Christian Science, progress is a divine law that cannot be denied. And when one looks at history, he can see the steady advancement of humanity as well as the price that was paid to develop freedom and rights that people today take for granted. He can also see that evil resists every move that would subdue and eliminate it.
The Bible tells the same story. Christ Jesus protested against the impositions of the carnal, or mortal, mind—sin, sickness, limitation, death. We know that his protest deeply impressed the human mind, because he destroyed those impositions with the spirit of Truth, the Christ he embodied. But he was violently resisted in his mission of establishing divine government on earth. He reminded his countrymen of the resistance that had dogged spiritual enlightenment before his own confrontation with unruly mortals. He cried, "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee."Luke 13:34;
Surely the lesson to be learned here is to protest truly, intelligently, against injustice and falsity but never to join the ranks of resistance to what is established as righteous and wise.
