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Reasoning from cause to effect in the Science of Mind, 30Sinlessness of Mind, Soulwe begin with Mind, which must be under‐stood through the idea which expresses it and cannot be learned from its opposite, matter. Thus we 468 468:1arrive at Truth, or intelligence, which evolves its own unerring idea and never can be coordinate with human 3illusions. If Soul sinned, it would be mortal, for sin is mortality’s self, because it kills itself. If Truth is im‐mortal, error must be mortal, because error is unlike 6Truth. Because Soul is immortal, Soul cannot sin, for sin is not the eternal verity of being.
9Answer. — There is no life, truth, intelligence, nor sub‐stance in matter. All is infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation, for God is All-in-all. Spirit is immortal 12Truth; matter is mortal error. Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal. Spirit is God, and man is His image and likeness. Therefore 15man is not material; he is spiritual.
Answer. — Substance is that which is eternal and inca‐18pable of discord and decay. Truth, Life, and Love are Spiritual synonymssubstance, as the Scriptures use this word in Hebrews: “The substance of things hoped 21for, the evidence of things not seen.” Spirit, the synonym of Mind, Soul, or God, is the only real substance. The spiritual universe, including individual man, is a com‐24pound idea, reflecting the divine substance of Spirit.
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