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Ruth’s Story: Turn to Medical Hospice
By an anonymous Ex-Christian Scientist Group contributor. This is the story about my mother’s turn to medical hospice in the final weeks of her life. She is not alive to…
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Please Bring Your Testimony to its Healing Conclusion
The following is a collection of contributions from members of the Ex-Christian Science collective about Church and Sunday School. Do you remember at Wednesday evening testimony meetings when people would ramble on,…
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I had given plenty of time for the ‘work’ to ‘work’
By Paul, an Ex-Christian Scientist Group Contributor. As a kid, I had serious physical issues that arose from horse-riding accidents, playing sports, as well as dental procedures, etc., that all…
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“Oh, don’t worry about it. Everybody does it.”
By Marion, an Ex-Christian Scientist Group Contributor. I was 42… over forty years ago now. I was teaching at a university thirty miles from my home, and had four…
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There isn’t ANYTHING that Christian Science doesn’t promise
By an anonymous Ex-Christian Scientist Group Contributor. People like to see things the way they want to see them, and spiritualizing it with a theology called ‘Christian Science’ gives a pseudo-rationale to…
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Doctors Showed Me Compassion
The following is a collection of contributions from members of the Ex-Christian Science group about experiences seeking medical care and interacting with medical professionals. I have health insurance now, but I still am…
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“I went to the doctor” Madeleine’s Story
By Madeleine, an Ex-Christian Scientist Group Contributor.
When I finally decided to leave Christian Science after thirty years, what I knew for sure was that if I no longer believed that it healed, then it was my responsibility to take care of my body and see a doctor; I couldn’t just sit on the fence and not believe anymore but also not take care of my body.
For many, many years I had been convinced that there was something wrong with my heart. I was very scared about my symptoms of shortness of breath, dizzy spells and what felt like heart palpitations. Of course I had prayed and gotten help from a practitioner, and I would feel better (which I thought was a healing) and then the symptoms would return. This had gone on for years.
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“The people here are so nice.”
By an anonymous Ex-Christian Scientist Group contributor. When my mother went into what turned out to be a diabetic coma I called 911, even though she made me promise never to call…
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Christian Science Is Not Comfort
By Ashley, an Ex-Christian Scientist Group contributor. I was a third generation Christian Scientist. I was all-believing and never could imagine not being a devout student. I served as Second…
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Why I’m doing this
It was two days before my thirteenth birthday when the first of my grandparents died spectacularly and unnecessarily, traumatizing the whole family. The story includes the classic Christian Science elements…