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Five Questions: C's Answers
A former Christian Scientist, raised in the church and a Principia College graduate, answers the Five Questions about staying until about age 24 and leaving.
Five Questions: A's Answers
One former Christian Scientist answers the five questions most often asked of people who leave: how they joined, why they stayed, why they left, and whether they believed.
I knew that we had no ability to heal our physical or financial problems using Christian Science
An anonymous former Christian Scientist describes caring, as a teenager, for a grandmother with Alzheimer’s disease using Christian Science rather than medical care.
Why God didn't heal her vision problems?
An anonymous former Christian Scientist describes a friend’s eye infection “healing” that involved antibiotics, and questions how the church verifies testimonies.
I was really struggling with the injustice of having this Error-fuelled injury
An anonymous contributor describes a pulled muscle in childhood, a mother who offered no help beyond Christian Science, and a PE teacher who explained how to recover.
My mother’s response: "It’s like you've given up."
A former Christian Scientist recalls a severe teenage sunburn treated only with prayer, and their mother's reaction that they had given up.
I imagine what my mother would have done and then do exactly the opposite
A former Christian Scientist raised in the UK recalls untreated ear infections and a mother afraid of social services, and how it shapes the way they raise their son.
In fact, they are radiant with health and full of energy on the inside
An anonymous former Christian Scientist recalls teenage questions about heaven passed to a practitioner, and wonders why Mary Baker Eddy said so little about the afterlife.
Buddhism didn't seem like much of a stretch for me.
An anonymous former Christian Scientist describes turning to Buddhism, still judging it by evidence of healings, and how letting go differs from Christian Science.
Buddhism actively tells you to question it.
An anonymous former Christian Scientist explains how a book on Buddhism led them out as a teenager, and why a religion that invites questions appeals to them.