Editing Church of Divine Science (section)

== Beliefs ==

Divine Science defines itself as "an organized teaching pertaining to God and the manifestation of God in Creation." It holds that its foundation truth is "that limitless Being, God, is Good, is equally present everywhere, and is the All of everything." It defines God as "pure Spirit, absolute, changeless, eternal, manifesting in and as all Creation, yet also transcending Creation" and that evil is therefore neither necessary nor permanent and has no reality within itself, but has existence only so long as human beings support it by believing in it.<ref>[http://www.dvscdnvr.org/divsci.htm Divine Science Church of Denver.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509161441/http://www.dvscdnvr.org/divsci.htm |date=2008-05-09 }}</ref> Like other New Thought churches, Divine Science considers [[healing]] very important, and emulates the work of [[Jesus]] Christ, who in the [[New Testament]] cures many people. The Denver Church's founder, Nona Brooks, stated, "The whole of Divine Science is the practice of the [[Presence of God]]. Truth comes through the Bible, [[Affirmative prayer]], contemplation and meditation and the practice of the presence of God here and now."<ref>[http://doctorofdivinescience.com/ College of Divine Science website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081008091956/http://doctorofdivinescience.com/ |date=2008-10-08 }}, accessed August 2008.</ref>