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Why can’t Nana keep up with us?
By a contributor to The Ex-Christian Scientist. "Why can't Nana keep up with us?" my child asked. The question hung in the air. "She's older," I replied. "She's not as young…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…