We hear these phrases so often: “In this post-9/11 world … .” “In the nuclear age … .” “In the digital age … .”
When I hear phrases like those, it feels as if they’re usually meant to explain why things are the way they are today, and what we can therefore expect “today” to look like. Similarly, I hear people say things such as: “Ever since I had that accident, I’ve had trouble thinking clearly.” “Since I got older, I can’t remember things as I used to.” “After I quit working out, I gained a lot of weight.”
My study of Christian Science makes it clear to me that those phrases have nothing to do with the reality of Life, God, and God’s idea, man. Since man is “the outcome of God” (Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 250), man is therefore not the product of time, accident, or lifestyle.
