Skip to main content Skip to search Skip to header Skip to footer

Articles

Let's debunk the "fall of man"

From the May 1984 issue of The Christian Science Journal


"Well, I won't have to worry about that. I already know man never fell."

That's what I thought when I first heard someone say we should pray each day to overcome a little more of the belief that man fell. As a new student of Christian Science, I had already learned that the Bible story of Adam and Eve—often referred to as the fall of man—was an allegory. So I assumed I knew its unreality.

Only later did I begin to see that the many ramifications of this illusory dream narrative must be exposed and destroyed in human consciousness. Any belief in evil—any belief of living in a material body or material universe, of inharmony, imperfection, limitation, or separation from God—stems from the belief that man fell from his original perfection.

Sign up for unlimited access

You've accessed 1 piece of free Journal content

Subscribe

Subscription aid available

 Try free

No card required

More In This Issue / May 1984

concord-web-promo-graphic

Explore Concord—see where it takes you.

Search the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures