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First Hand Experiences
Former Christian Scientists tell their own stories of believing, questioning, and leaving.
The World Was Real All Along
A former Christian Scientist describes being raised to see the physical world as illusion, and the surprise of finding after leaving that the world the senses perceive is real.
Chrystal's Story: Finding The Way to the Quaker Path
A fourth-generation Christian Scientist describes caring for her father with Parkinson’s, moving, and finding a home in a Quaker Meeting after leaving.
Chrystal's Story: My 2nd Lump (Part 3)
Part 3: after a year of guilt, a former Christian Scientist sees a dermatologist about a lipoma, lives with the scar, and starts physical therapy.
Chrystal's Story: My Second Lump (Part 2)
Chrystal describes a decade of praying and paying practitioners over a growing lump, the guilt after having it removed by a doctor, and a short first try at Quaker meetings.
Chrystal's Story: What's Next?
A fourth-generation Christian Scientist describes a lump that returned after surgery, trying other churches, a procedure on her son's ear, and her move toward doctors.
Chrystal's Story: The Last Straw - Part 2
Part 2: a former Christian Scientist describes the Sunday School disputes and unwelcoming branch churches that ended her involvement, and the burnout after.
Chrystal's Story: The Last Straw - Part 1
Chrystal, a fourth-generation Christian Scientist, describes the church conflict over an Easter egg hunt that led to resigning from a first branch church.
Happy Father's Day, Part 2: Living with Parkinson’s Disease
Part 2: a former Christian Scientist describes her father’s early-onset Parkinson’s disease, first treated only with Christian Science, and his controlling wife.
Chrystal's Story: On Recycling and Medicine
A former Christian Scientist describes ideas being rejected at two branch churches, from recycling to events, and members refusing to admit two young women who took medicine.
Chrystal's Story - Going Crazy At Branch Church
A former Christian Scientist recalls a toddler’s earache treated by a practitioner and the events she organized at her branch church, including a Bible camp.