Five Questions: L’s Answers
When people leave Christian Science there are five questions that pop up again and again. We can only answer these questions for ourselves. By sharing these answers, we hope to shed a little light into…
Five Questions: H’s Answers
When people leave Christian Science there are five questions that pop up again and again. We can only answer these questions for ourselves. By sharing these answers, we hope to shed a little light into…
Five Questions: C’s Answers
When people leave Christian Science there are five questions that pop up again and again. We can only answer these questions for ourselves. By sharing these answers, we hope to shed a little light into…
Five Questions: A’s Answers
When people leave Christian Science there are five questions that pop up again and again. We can only answer these questions for ourselves. By sharing these answers, we hope to shed a little light into…
Five Questions
When people leave Christian Science there are five questions that pop up again and again. How did you get into Christian Science? Why did you stay in for so long?…
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Christian Science really screwed up my connection to ME
By Heidi, an Ex-Christian Scientist Group contributor. I was raised in Christian Science, but I was not enthusiastic about it when I enrolled at Principia College. Prin made me look…
I would go on trips without my glasses with the expectation of healing
By Brett Buchanan, an Ex-Christian Scientist Group contributor. I had an INSTANTANEOUS HEALING yesterday! After decades of extreme myopia (couldn't focus on anything beyond five inches in front of me),…
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My Departure (Jeremy)
By Jeremy, an Ex-Christian Scientist Group contributor.
The best way I’ve been able to describe my departure from Christian Science is as ‘death by a thousand cuts’. In a sense, it’s a process that evolved over my lifetime up until I made my final break. I was born into Christian Science and was third-generation on both sides of my family. Throughout my childhood, and into my adult years, I always had questions, always harboured doubts about Christian Science. I even briefly left in my late teens, but returned by the time I was 20. All the while, I desperately wanted to ‘make it work’, and it was that desire that kept me ‘in’ for so long.
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Buddhists Believe in Prayer
The following is a collection of contributions from members of the Ex-Christian Science collective who have turned to Buddhism. Christian Science is so cerebral, with its focus on reading and research…
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From Christian Science to Buddhism
Buddhism is one of many paths that some former Christian Scientists choose to explore. The following posts relate to our experiences and perspectives on the topic of Buddhism. Buddhists Believe in…