Eddy – Mary Baker Eddy Bible Study

To find the roots of the science underlying the lesson format, one needs to go back in time some 2700 years to a development that started in the mountains of Greece centuries before the Christian era began. Isolated tribes were scattered through the region, shackled by a mythology that defined the human being as impotent. It cannot be determined whether or not this region became transformed because of a perceived need for its self-defense against the unfolding empires of the time.  We only know that it was transformed as the people found a new identity for themselves through scientific development.

The foundation for this change was laid by Homer who had established a vastly enriched language, presented through poetry, that enabled the people to deal with complex ideas.  The resulting development was almost explosive. In a few centuries the Greece of primitive mountain tribes became the scientific and cultural center of the world, with its famous University of Athens, and such leading edge philosophic pioneers as Socrates and Plato. This explosive scientific development, of course, was echoed throughout the entire Mediterranean region, especially in Egypt. The Christian era, in turn, began near the end of this development period, possibly at its high point. END of EXCERPT

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