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How Did Mary Baker Eddy Get to Be a Millionaire?

By a contributor to The Ex-Christian Scientist. When Eddy died in 1910 her estate was assessed at approximately three million dollars.1 According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation…

The ExCS September 4, 2016

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My thoughts on Father’s Day…

This originally appeared on Emerging Gently, and is re-published here--with some edits, with permission. A few years ago on Father's Day, I shared a picture of my Dad on my…

Admin J June 26, 2016

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Why would anyone join? My Father’s Story

Originally published on kindism.org, reprinted with permission in honor of Father's Day. A little while back I ran my piece on the five questions I'm commonly asked by people when…

The ExCS June 22, 2016

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Fleshly ties are temporal: Happy Father’s Day

In honor of Father’s Day, we’ve collected some poignant stories of growing up with Christian Science Fathers. First Hand Experiences with Fathers & Christian Science Always think of God as your Father…

The ExCS June 19, 2016

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Chrystal’s Story – It’s time we teach you how to pray

By Chrystal, an Ex-Christian Scientist Group contributor. Chrystal is a pseudonym, to ensure anonymity. I remember being called in to my parents room, I might have been in third or fourth grade.…

The ExCS June 12, 2016

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Ex-Christian Scientist Book Survey

Compiled by the editors of The Ex-Christian Scientist. We were curious as to the past and current reading habits of former Christian Scientists, so we did what any good group…

Admin J June 5, 2016

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Key Thinkers that Pre-dated MBE: Swedenborg, Berkeley, & Hegel.

This is part of our series Where did "Science & Health" come from? This post briefly covers Emanuel Swedenborg, Bishop George Berkeley, and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. Emanuel Swedenborg Wikipedia tells us Emmanuel Swedenborg was a…

The ExCS May 29, 2016

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Quimby & Wiggin – no one wants to share the fame

This is part of our series Where did "Science & Health" come from? This post briefly covers two Phineas Pankhurst Quimby - her mentor and James Henry Wiggin - her editor. Phineas…

The ExCS May 22, 2016

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The Myth of Safe Spaces

This post was originally published at Incredibly True Stories of Christian Science Healing on Tuesday, May 12, 2016. It is reprinted here with permission. There just isn't a safe place to process…

The ExCS May 18, 2016

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Where did “Science & Health” come from?

Mary Baker Eddy claimed that her work was "hopelessly original."1 But was it? Are we to believe that her philosophy and her system of mind healing came to her through…

The ExCS May 15, 2016