{"id":1124,"date":"2012-05-20T18:13:54","date_gmt":"2012-05-20T22:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayspirituality\/?p=1124"},"modified":"2016-10-19T08:11:04","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T12:11:04","slug":"highfalutin-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2012\/05\/highfalutin-claims.html","title":{"rendered":"Highfalutin Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before 1913\u2014almost one hundred years ago\u2014a few people had the ridiculous notion that once we understood the laws of physics and aerodynamics, we could fly.<\/p>\n<p>But back then, to be able to fly seemed idiotic to most people.<\/p>\n<p>Except to a few people. Therefore December 1913, the Wright Brothers gave, albeit in a tiny way, evidence of such a highfalutin claim.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we all load onto airplanes to fly anywhere from 33 miles to around the world. We can\u2019t even imagine life without flying.<\/p>\n<p>We read in <em>21<sup>st<\/sup> Century Science and Health, <\/em>\u201c[Divine] Science, when understood and demonstrated, will destroy all disorder. From the premise that God is omnipotent, comes the conclusion that good has all-power. Divine Science, properly understood, disengages material beliefs from the human mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many of us have seen evidence of this grandiose claim. We can understand divine Science.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before 1913\u2014almost one hundred years ago\u2014a few people had the ridiculous notion that once we understood the laws of physics and aerodynamics, we could fly. But back then, to be able to fly seemed idiotic to most people. Except to a few people. 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