Equal Rights by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Sep 6, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 35.

Equal Rights.

By Editor

We do not believe in the theories of Christian Science. To our mind it is neither Christian nor scientific. It is an utterly unscientific philosophy which has made its way by healing some of the maladies which flesh is heir to, but which Christian Science denies as realities. We believe its devotees to be extremely illogical, ludicrously inconsistent. It finds its vitality in a substratum of truth wofully perverted. The majority of people in this country probably look upon the cult in about the same way. Yet notwithstanding this Christian Scientists have entire right, so far as man is concerned, to believe as they do, to teach as they do, to practise for the healing of humanity's ills as they do. If man or woman wishes to place his case in their hands, he has the right, and legal authority has no right to prohibit it or prosecute the practitioner. It has no right to prohibit men or women from employing Christian Science practitioners if they so prefer. Cases they practise on die; so do others treated by the physicians of the regular schools. If people choose that way, they alone are responsible, and the government has no right to consider itself a great big mother to prevent them or chastise them.