A different view on "race"

The truth that “race” is only a creation of society can be paralleled with the truth that sickness and death are also creations of the material world’s influence. Since people believe full heartedly that “race” defines someone, they similarly accept the belief that a disease, disability, and other ailments can conflict with a person’s true identity as a child of God. If we have realized that racism is a result of ignorance, then we can surely see that physical sickness is also a product of the same ignorance of the true identity of mankind. I thought of this when I was struggling with a physical challenge a couple days ago. Although I was not healed instantly, I was sure this thought shed some light on the matter. I understood in class that “race” was not real. It made complete sense that there is more to someone than the color of there skin and the shackles of racism have no support behind them. The so-called “differences” between the people’s of the world are in own minds. We say that all beings were created equal by God, but we do not actually believe it when we commonly label someone as “white”, “Latino”, or “black.” We as Christian Scientists say that God made man a perfect likeness of himself, but we fall into the trap of believing the occasional aggressive mental suggestions. We must stand firm in the Truths about our spiritual identities as it pertains to our human ancestry as well as our relationship with God.