Christian Science

I was raised a Presbyterian. Yet, about 22 years ago, I got involved with Mary Baker Eddy's book, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, and Christian Science. I want to know if Christian Science is OK or not.The practitioners are all are very God-respectful, go to church and are very devoted.

Christian Science is not OK.  Be aware that its teachings are not Christian or biblical.  Consider some of the following false teachings found in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures (and the pages where the information can be found):

There is a denial of the Trinity.  “Life, Truth, and Love constitute the triune Person called God—that is the triply divine Principle, Love.  They represent a trinity in unity, three in one,–the same in essence, though multi-form in office:  God the Father-Mother; Christ the spiritual idea of sonship; divine Science or the Holy Comforter.”  (Page 331)

There is a denial of the divinity of Jesus Christ.  “The Jew who believes in the First Commandment is a monotheist; he has one omnipresent God.  Thus the Jew unites with the Christian’s doctrine that God is come and is present now and forever.  The Christian who believes in the First Commandment is a monotheist.  Thus he virtually unites with the Jew’s belief in one God, and recognizes that Jesus Christ is not God, as Jesus himself declared, but is the Son of God.  This declaration of Jesus, understood, conflicts not at all with another of his sayings:  “I and the Father are one,”—that is, one in quality, not in quantity.  (Page 361)

There is a denial of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.  “They who earliest saw Jesus after the resurrection and beheld the final proof of all that he had taught, misconstrued that event…Jesus’ students, not sufficiently advanced fully to understand their Master’s triumph, did not perform many wonderful works, until they saw him after his crucifixion and learned that he had not died…Jesus’ unchanged physical condition after what seemed to be death…” (Pages 45-46)

There is a denial of Jesus’ atoning work.  “Wisdom and Love may require many sacrifices of self to save us from sin.  One sacrifice, however great, is insufficient to pay the debt of sin.  The atonement requires constant self-immolation on the sinner’s part.  That God’s wrath should be vented upon His beloved Son, is divinely unnatural.  Such a theory is man-made.”  (Page 23)

I would urge you to turn to the Bible to see the truth, believe the truth through the power of the Holy Spirit and confess the truth.  God is Triune (Matthew 28:19; John 14:7-18).  Jesus is God (John 1:1; 5:22-23; Colossians 2:9).  Jesus Christ rose from the dead as proof that our salvation is complete.  (Romans 4:25; 1 Corinthians 15).  Jesus is the atoning sacrifice for sin.  (1 John 2:2).

Christian Science operates with illusions; Christianity is all about realities.  Do turn to the Bible to find the truth.  Speak with a pastor of one of our churches to have a more in-depth conversation about Jesus Christ, the world’s only Savior.