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Overcoming denominational narrowness

From the November 1978 issue of The Christian Science Journal


To overcome denominational narrowness—confining our love to certain people—we need to expand our perception of God. A narrow view of God leads to a narrow view of ourselves and others. God is not a limiter, and man is not trapped by limited viewpoints. God does not confine inspiration, because He is omnipresent and infinite Mind.

The Christian Scientist is confronted with a unique metaphysical proposition: that God is wholly good, the composer of all, creating nothing unlike Himself. At first reading, this may not sound particularly unique, but consider its implications. If God, the creator of the universe, is only good, then man, God's reflection, must be only good. A musical composition expresses no elements foreign to the composer. Similarly, man expresses nothing foreign to God, good.

God, the composer, is also the conductor; man acts according to His direction. In God's composition, sin and sickness are unknown. They have no existence in the realm of Spirit, which is man's true home. The offspring of Spirit is spiritual and spiritually maintained.

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