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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 ones below—with responses from Journal readers. You'll find information at the end of the column about how to submit questions

YOUR QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

By Suzanne Riedel, Kevin Graunke, Ted Savchenko, Devon Lamaster

From the January 2010 issue of The Christian Science Journal

QUESTIONS: I truly want to believe there is a God, something more than just my imagination, a real being in and of Himself/Herself. But couldn't it be that the concept of a God is just to get the human mind or brain to think and act more beneficially? What is the difference between prayer in Christian Science and the effect it has on you and what a psychiatrist can do for you by calming the human mind or brain with his/her techniques? Once your brain has something better to think about, isn't that the point? Isn't prayer just a good—possibly beneficial—mind game not really needing an actual God?—A READER IN INDIANA A1 You and all humanity deserve an answer to these pivotal questions.