Everywhere, every day, people are being told—and we are hearing on the news—that something or other is hopeless. The word hopeless is applied to relationships, the search for employment, physical and mental conditions, attempts to bring peace to inflamed parts of the world, the search for individual and collective justice, and so much more. The implication, of course, is that there is a situation, a problem, or a condition for which there is no solution.
Now, let me ask a question that might at first seem to have no link at all to the above: Is it possible to convince mathematicians, who are universally aware that they are working with an exact science, that there is a math problem for which there is no solution? And might one think it cruel even to compare the problems listed above to mere math problems?
Actually, it’s just the right kind of comparison, because Christian Science is a true and exact science. A Christian Scientist expects healing through prayer in the same way people expect to get the right answers in mathematics.
