Christian Science—Scientific?

—Having read the rather pathetic and pseudo-scientific meanderings of Mr. E. Simms, as reported in your last issue, may I ask two things of their supporters. First, if God is the only reality, and God is good, how can there be any mortal mind to think evil, even an unreal evil? (This is not an attack of malicious animae magnetism.)

Secondly, if "the teaching and practice (of Christian Science) coincide with the spiritual precepts and methods employed by Jesus and his followers" why do they differ so completely from the plain and obvious tenor of the whole scriptures as we have them? Apparently only the "Eddy interpretation" of the Bible is in support of its own teachings. A wonderful example of reasoning in a circle.

Surely, to be consistent, let alone scientific, any interpretation of the Bible must take all parts of it into consideration and must harmonise with those parts, instead of choosing suitable texts. Why, even a Rationalist Club could find support for their beliefs by quoting scripture (if they had no sense of humour).

I Tim 4: 1-3, Rom 6:23.