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Mind Sciences

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Contrary to what other reviewers say, I humbly submit that the booklet is an excellent guide to understanding what Mind Sciences believe and how they compare to Christianity.

The booklet is organized as follows:

1. Introduction to the various groups (Christian Science, Religious Science, Unity School).
2. Overview of the group's theology by using the groups own quotes.
3. Tips for witnessing to these groups.
4. Bibliography for more sources for study.
5. Comparison chart showing what the Mind Sciences believe about God, Jesus Christ, Death and Resurrection, Sin, Salvation, Doctrine of Revelation, Reincarnation vs. Resurrection and how these beliefs compare with what the Holy Bible says.

The booklet is brief but is packed with valuable information. As for the other reviewers: honestly evaluate what the Mind Sciences say and how they truly compare with the Bible.

Recommended!

Here again, similar to Ron Rhodes is Todd Ehrenborg's attempt at "debunking" the Mind Sciences, similar to Rhode's misinformed attack on The New Age Movement.It was easy enough to attack Eddy ad hominem,but it became apparent that it was more difficult to do so with Holmes, and with Filmore.You can see him purposely negating the positve and truthful aspects of all three Mind Sciences in an attampt to bolster his "biblical evangelical views".It is horrible.The bible is a wonderful book, but it's tortured logic to think that just because it is the book Christians use most often in their spiritual journey that it is any more correct.Whilewasting time attacking the others, he neglects the fact that the Bible is fallible, inconsistent, and just as"man made" as the other texts.If he were intellectually honest his book would have more merit,but he acts in typical evangelical fashion and closes his eyes to the facts and shows a limited and narrow understanding of the Mind Science teachings.

If Christian Science is a declining movement, then why bother to expend ink on the movement? While I appreciated the critical analysis of mind sciences philosophy, I was left wondering if the authors rationalist approach did not also undermine the esoteric and idiosyncratic hermeneutics that charismatic Christians also indulge in. The book is marred by an ugly racist attack on reincarnation- some liberation theologians would argue that Christian dualism has also legitimated environmental carnage and destructive social hierarchies. But why bother to attack a declining philosophical framework anyway?