Thursday, November 13, 2008

Doughty Doughboys, Not Docile Doormats

Man can no more escape or be ejected from church than he can from heaven. Both proceed from omnipresent God. If error seems to occupy or dominate The Mother Church and many branch churches, we must learn that in reality it is not there now, nor has it ever been. The truth of the situation must be so thoroughly understood that we become much less impressed with and conscious of anything but omnipotent God and His perfect creation, including church.

To do this means we have to be ever watchful and alert to every false belief and wrong-doing so that we do not become unwitting supporters of and accomplices in what must be unseen and thus destroyed. Error ignored or unwisely tolerated is error aided and abetted. We are experiencing the church we see, just as we are experiencing the picture of body we cling to.

We cannot allow ourselves to become disobedient Jonahs fleeing to some Tarshish in order to avoid obeying God's command to face the wickedness of Nineveh. Mrs. Eddy explains God's command to Moses to come back and grab the serpent by the tail as handling error and making it instead a staff upon which to lean. We must turn from what seems odious in the present church and establish in thought a more perfect depict, from which we never turn away.

If enough of us do this faithfully it will heal this aggressive and seemingly ineluctable falsity and reveal its nothingness, not merely its disappearance or fading away. Such prayer and increased understanding will also strengthen us as soldiers of Christ.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Marvelous! You are undoubtedly one fine metaphysician, besides being a very fine writer.
Love this entry!

Anonymous said...

I really like what you say about being soldiers of Christ! Right on!

Anonymous said...

Love this title, alliteration and all. Very well expressed, as usual.

Anonymous said...

How right you are, my friend. We just cannot fail to face the "wickedness of Nineveh". And many of us out here know exactly where it is operating!

Anonymous said...

Can't help but notice that the weirdos have dropped off since they see you are a solid metaphysician who loves Church in its right sense. Of course, I could see you are a solid student of Christian Science from what you've been writing on your blog.
Thanks.
(England)

Anonymous said...

Isnt just calling Gods Perfect Child a weirdo, malpractice? This whole blog and all its posters are mesmerism at its best.

Anonymous said...

Oh no we are not! We are standing up for Christian Science--the most wonderful thing that can come into any person's experience. And it is pure joy to be wide awake and doing the watching our great Master admonished us to do. How silly to call standing up for Truth malpracting. Juvenile!

Anonymous said...

Calling anyone who is a Child of God a weirdo is malpractice. Period.

Anonymous said...

I so much appreciate your strong writing on this blog. Very uplifting, really cause me to think deeply about important issues.
Boston, MA

Anonymous said...

You are impressed all right, I would say obsessed.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for helping us stay alert to the wrongdoing going on in our much loved Cause. What Mary Baker Eddy has given us deserves the best we can give in prayers for it!