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- That is not Christian Science.
- No Christian Scientist would do that.
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- These stories are exceptions, my experience in Christian Science is different!
- People die in hospitals too!
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- That is not Christian Science.
- No Christian Scientist would do that.
- You didn’t give Christian Scientist a chance, really understand it, or make it your own.
- You didn’t practice Christian Scientist properly.
- These stories are exceptions, my experience in Christian Science is different!
- People die in hospitals too!
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Thank you so much, Admin Team. I have wondered if there were CSists trolling out there trying to promote their delusions. I love this site. I visit it often. I need to be here.
Before I found this site I used to make snarky comments on a CS website forum until they blocked me!! Here I’ve found a like-minded community. It’s been a great help to me.
I wonder what they are doing here. Whatever it is, it’s not good.
Everyone is welcome, and welcome to comment — including still-in-CS, as long as they abide by our comment policy. We haven’t blocked anyone, and we hope not to need to take such drastic action. There are CS who visit our site, and that is fine. Perhaps they’ll learn something new about MBE, CS, and our shared experiences.
Thank you so much!! This is spectacular!!
#NoMoreTrauma from CS folks to us!!! #EnoughAlready!
Cheers for keeping the self-righteous (diehard CS) comments in check. I have double vision (double memory?) enough to remember the HORROR I felt when I watched Rita Swan on Donahue in the mid-1980’s. It’s a difficult journey into reality. (Mine involved multiple breakdowns, meds, twenty-plus years of therapy and an amputation, but my friends agree I’m a drama queen.)
What gives me real hope is imagining all the doubting, silent CSers sneaking on here for a glimpse of reality. We’re here for you, OK? Every step of the way. It’s worth it.
<3 ~Liz
I agree with what Caroline Fraser days in “God’s Perfect Child”: ” Christian Science has killed and maimed and materially damaged people.” “Killed and maimed” speak for themself, but how many forms does “materially damaged” take? I would say endless, really. Your own description of your emotional state, as the result of having been in this religion, speaks loudly and clearly for itself. It’s important that you get it out there for others to read. Myself, I have experienced mental torment, confusion, was contemplating suicide. I also felt I was under a form of mind control, from which I could not emerge. (I now look back, and I realize that it was, in fact, mind control, and I did emerge from it and get away from it). Yes, I am sure many CSers sneak here for a breath of reality and mental clarity. They are realizing something is wrong. They do need us, and as they become ready, we are there to help them.