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YOUR QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Following the example set by the question-and-answer columns in the early Journals, when Mary Baker Eddy was Editor, this column will respond to general queries from Journal readers—such as the one above—with responses from Journal readers. It will not cover questions about how to interpret statements in Mrs. Eddy's writings. There's more information at the end of the column about how to submit questions.

YOUR QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

By BRUCE FITZWATER, SHELLY RICHARDSON, KAY OLSON

From the June 2005 issue of The Christian Science Journal

QUESTION: In her writings, Mary Baker Eddy indicated that men and women are ideas of God. But ideas do not think; they are what we think about.