But behind all the worry, reaction, and fear is the false belief that man is separate from God, and subject to occasional good and nearly constant evil. Such thinking is fundamental to all theories that start from the premise that man is a material being. There is reassurance and dominion, however, in knowing the facts. The health, prosperity, and peace of the child of God are held forever intact in divine Mind s allness. Even with well-intended motives, physical scientists have led human thought to a conviction that good is random.
Genetic research is an example.
Currently, billions of dollars are being spent on genetic mapping. Almost every week there is some new report that another gene has been discovered that determines our vulnerability to a particular disease or dysfunction. An individual s DNA seems to be a matter of luck, and it s said that there is not much one can do about it. One s genetic code is thought to be a fundamental factor in one s health, behavior, and even sexual preference. When she was a teenager, an optometrist had told her that because both her parents wore glasses, in just a couple of years she, too, would need them.