{"id":3950,"date":"2018-03-10T14:20:18","date_gmt":"2018-03-10T19:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/?p=3950"},"modified":"2018-03-02T14:31:31","modified_gmt":"2018-03-02T19:31:31","slug":"humane-rather-human","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2018\/03\/humane-rather-human.html","title":{"rendered":"Humane rather than human"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Through the study of Christian Science as taught by Mary Baker Eddy, I&#8217;ve been able to mentally see further than my physical eyes see. Too often, I see only human beings, and can even be tempted to believe that God created these mortal beings, but it doesn&#8217;t make sense because God is Spirit. One spirit. And we are the image and likeness of spirit. So, it helps me to reflect on God&#8217;s creation as humane beings, full of life, honesty, integrity, strength, good-will, courage, and health.<\/p>\n<p>From <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1546988637\">21st Century Science and Health<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need to encourage in ourselves and others the right and responsibility to think rightly for ourselves, as God created us capable of doing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The human mind has an absolute need of something beyond itself for redemption and healing, and gratefully we are spiritual.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Keep clearly in thought that we are the offspring of God, not of human beings; that we are spiritual, not defined by limitations; that Soul is Spirit, never trapped inside anything.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Through the study of Christian Science as taught by Mary Baker Eddy, I&#8217;ve been able to mentally see further than my physical eyes see. 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