by Matt Slick | Aug 20, 2009 | Questions, Philosophy
Idealism is a philosophy that emphasizes mind over matter. It states that the material world has no real existence and everything is mind. “Idealism was the philosophy that reality does not exist in the physical realm but in the mind. Behind all reality is a divine...
by Matt Slick | Dec 3, 2008 | Minor Groups & Issues, Christian Science
The following quotes are from Science and Health With Key to the Scriptures ( S&H ) “Father-Mother is the name for Deity, which indicates His tender relationship to His spiritual creation” (S&H 332:4-5.). “The word Christ is not properly a...
by Matt Slick | Dec 3, 2008 | Minor Groups & Issues, Christian Science
Terms and Definitions of Christian Science: Angels are God’s thoughts passing to man, an inspiration of goodness, purity that counters evil and material reality. Atonement is not the shedding of Christ’s blood, but “At-one-ment.” “Lifting the whole...
by Matt Slick | Dec 3, 2008 | Minor Groups & Issues, Christian Science
Questions to Ask Christian Scientists: If God is all in all, then where did evil come from? If everything is an interpretation of divine mind, then why do people have different understandings of God? If sickness is an illusion, why do you have practitioners who go out...
by Matt Slick | Dec 3, 2008 | Minor Groups & Issues, Christian Science
One of the errors of Christian Science is the belief that the Christ is the “divine-idea man.” It is a principle that dwells within each and every one of us. Christian Science denies that Jesus was the Christ.1Science and Health with Key to the...
by Matt Slick | Dec 3, 2008 | Minor Groups & Issues, Christian Science
Christian Science history began with a woman named Mary Baker Eddy. She was born Mary Ann Morse Baker in New Hampshire in 1821. (She died in 1910). She was the daughter of a New Hampshire Congregationalist church member. As a child, she was frequently ill and highly...
by Matt Slick | Dec 3, 2008 | Minor Groups & Issues, Christian Science
The following doctrines are referenced out of the primary Christian Science work, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures (S&H) by Mary Baker Eddy. It is supposed to be a companion to the Bible. Science and Health together with the Bible are called the...
by Matt Slick | Dec 3, 2008 | Minor Groups & Issues, Christian Science
Of all the biblically-based cults in America today, Christian Science is one of the most interesting. Not only does it deny the essential doctrines of Christianity but also it has completely reinterpreted the Bible. It drastically redefines the Bible’s culture and...
by Matt Slick | Dec 3, 2008 | Doctrine, Questions
What makes a church or group non-Christian? There are many non-Christian religions and cults in America: Mormonism, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Christian Science, Unity, The Way International, Unitarianism, Islam, Hinduism, etc. They all claim special revelation and...
by Matt Slick | Dec 3, 2008 | Miscellaneous Topics, Christian Theology
This chart is a simplification of various groups and their beliefs. It is, to be realistic, an oversimplification. But it gives the reader an idea of where the groups stand. Group Name Founder The Gospel The Church God Jesus Salvation Jesus’ Resur-rection...
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