If Jesus did not die, then perforce He was never raised from the dead, therefore Christian Science says:
"The dual personality of the unseen and the seen, the spiritual and material, the eternal Christ and the corporeal Jesus, manifest in flesh, continued until the Master's ascension, when the material concept of Jesus disappeared, while the spiritual self or Christ continues to exist in the eternal order of divine Science, taking away the sins of the world, as the Christ has always done, even before the human Jesus was incarnate to mortal eyes" (S. & H., p. 334).
If Jesus, as we are told, "disappeared," ceased to exist altogether, what is the meaning of His ascension? The fact is, Christian Science is at such utter variance with facts, both spiritual and natural, that it is impossible for Mrs. Eddy to write a few words without using language that bristles with contradictions. In the above extract she talks of what is "seen"-"corporeal"—"manifest in flesh." Yet she tells us nothing can be corporeal, or in flesh, that there is no such thing as matter!
Christian Science teaches that Jesus was only human, that He existed on this earth a few short years as an illusion to mortal eyes, that in ascension the illusion disappeared into nothingness, whilst a mere idea-Christ exists forever, and that mere idea was taking away the sins of the world before Jesus came into this world, and is doing so now since He has ceased to exist. And sensible people are asked to believe such blasphemous absurdities!!
Indeed, Mrs. Eddy does not know the meaning of language. She writes:
"Jesus was the mediator between Spirit and flesh, between Truth and error" (S. & H., 315).
The dictionary explains the meaning of mediator as "One that interposes between parties at variance for the purpose of reconciling them." Now Christians believe that spirit supersedes flesh, and that truth disperses error. But according to Science and Health, Spirit is reconciled to flesh, and truth makes friends with error. Can truth be reconciled to error? Can truth be friend to error, or error to truth? Such an insult to common sense may be acclaimed by Mrs. Eddy's followers as deep philosophy. We call it driveling nonsense.