In Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy poses the question, “What is the scientific statement of being?” and provides this answer: “There is no life, truth, intelligence, nor substance in matter. All is infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation, for God is All-in-all. Spirit is immortal Truth; matter is mortal error. Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal. Spirit is God, and man is His image and likeness. Therefore man is not material; he is spiritual” (p. 468).
Recently on the Journal podcast Record of Truth, Christian Science teacher Deborah Huebsch asked two scientific thinkers to share their insights on “the scientific statement of being.” First, she spoke with Dr. Laurance Doyle, who is an astrophysicist at the SETI Institute (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence). Next, she talked with Brian Kissock, a Christian Science practitioner and teacher. The following is an edited summary of their conversations.
