Christ in Focus
So What do I Need to do to be Saved?
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you have questions about God or Christianity?
So What's the Difference?
Overview of some other beliefs and how they compare
Why so Many Different Christian Churches?
Kids Space
Quizzes, word-finds and studies for kids
A Word in Season
Anecdotes and words
Contemporary Christian Music and online radio
Christian Science
Some basic differences between Christianity and Christian Science:
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God: God is best represented as a person in that He speaks, knows, remembers hears and he created man in His own threefold image. As He is Father, Son and Holy Spirit so man is body, soul and spirit (Genesis 1 : 26-27).
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God: God is an impersonal Principle. Mrs. Eddy, founder of the movement, says that 'God is all...the soul, the mind, of the spiritual man is God, the Divine Principal of all being'.
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Jesus Christ: Christ and God are one.Check out the following scriptures to do with the deity (equality) of Christ with God
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Jesus Christ: Science and Health states that "Jesus Christ is not God"(p.361). Christian Scientists believe that Christ was simply a great teacher.
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Matter: Matter is real. Jesus became flesh, ate, drank, fed people.
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Matter: There is no matter. Matter is only an illusion. Only Principle (God) exists.
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Sin: Sin is real. It originates in the mind and heart of man. We are tempted by our own evil desires which give birth to sin which produces spiritual death (James 1 : 14-15).
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Sin: Science and Health states: Since God is All, there is no room for the opposite...therefore evil, being the opposite of goodness, is unreal.(p.234)
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Reference material: 'So What's the Difference' by Fritz Ridenour. Published by Regal Books, A Division of Gospel Light, Ventura, California. © Copyright 1967 by Regal Books Revised edition © 1979.
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