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It should be noted here that Christian Science has been under attack from its very beginning. It has been made subject to ridicule and destruction, primarily by the forces of empirical religion, such as those which idolize Jesus as a far off isolated "king." This attack has had no small effect. It has taken such a tremendous toll that little of it, that once had been, and might have been, can be found to day.
Still, this book, here, is not about Christian Science. It is about justice. It is about society being just to itself. Towards this end, Christian Science offers some background in scientific exploration. This type of aid is urgently needed. Dante's proposition still stands, today, that he found no injustice in his exploration of "hell",*(see, Dante, the "Divine Comedy," part 1, the "Inferno.") but a huge array of self-imposed agony.
Today, humanity as a whole is undeniably and terribly threatened by its royal, imperial oligarchy, which claims the prerogative to rob humanity and subject it to a massive depopulation, planet-wide. Dante, however, would tell us that he sees no injustice in this hell, either, only self-imposed agony. Dante would say that humanity is terribly threatened because it has made no serious effort to protect itself by means of its creative intellect and scientific discoveries of truth. It has stood still, and, then, has taken giant steps backwards.
Indeed, he would be right in saying this. If one beholds the massacres in Africa, the economic murdering in Russia, the political starvation in North Korea, the ecological killing of human beings with malaria and other insect born diseases, and considers what is still in the planing stage through the ban of CFCs and the phase out of fossil fuels, then, one does well to take heed of Jefferson's remark about slavery: "I tremble, when I remember that God is just."*(Science and Health 445:30) Principle is always just. While living in ignorance to its demands, or acting consciously contrary to it, humanity is unjust to itself. It denies itself the freedom, prosperity, and security that it has within is capacity to create. This fundamental injustice is the root of all subsequent forms of injustice.
The consequences of this fundamental injustice are calamities that society brings upon itself. If the calamities are not responded to, as is happening in today's age, society becomes literally unfit to survive. It thereby sets up conditions that purge this diseased lot of humanity and its collapsing civilization from the face of the planet. This is bound to happens, even though God is good. Principle is imperative. Mankind cannot bypass its effect or mock it with human will. There are no shortcuts to justice possible in reality. As Date pointed out, justice is imperative and is a life and death question?
The question of leadership.
Is the question of leadership important in this context? It is, for the simple reason that more agony is produced, and people are put to death prematurely, by the effects of governmental policy than by all known biological diseases put together. It is important, therefore, to consider who and what controls governmental policy. Whoever will save human lives must definitely begin here.
In a democracy, as one might expect, no one should be a leader. The people themselves should determine their destiny. But that's not how the game works. Take the position of a president, the U.S. President for instance, and you look invariably for a man who has leadership qualities. The setup of the office, itself, demands that the President takes control when the legislative processes break down or are too inefficient in times of a crisis, or when the legislative process runs amuck and becomes a danger to the nation. This setup is ideal. It is the best that one can create in a formal manner. But is it save? Does this setup prevent a new Hitler from becoming the supreme leader, from becoming a kingpin dope pusher or war mongrel, or an ecological genocidalist? The answer is, no! Such a safeguard is not build into the system. It rests with the leadership of society. In real terms the moral individual man, in obedience to fundamental principles, is the real royal potentate of this will, though few accept this role and the responsibility it brings. They give their royalty to others. The royal houses of the oligarchy will not cease to dominate humanity and cause its destruction, until this process ends.
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