Throughout Mary Baker Eddy’s writings, a central message is that God’s idea, man—you, me, and everyone—has no material origin or components. This truth is explained clearly in “the scientific statement of being” in her primary text on Christian Science, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, which begins: “There is no life, truth, intelligence, nor substance in matter” ( p.
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