Church Policy & Medical Care
Does anyone know the year when the Mother Church began changing their language regarding medical care? Basically when they start started saying that CSers have a choice about whether or…
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Christian Science & the Modern Religious “Accommodation”
Small religion…big impact How many people have heard of Christian Science? Honestly, not many. It has always been an obscure religious sect with few members. At its height of popularity…
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Fruitage: by their fruits ye shall know them
Fruitage of Science and Health contains some of the earliest testimonials of healing through Christian Science. Beginning on page 600 it is full of first-hand accounts of the effectiveness of Christian Science as an alternative to the medical care of the day.
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From the Archives: The ‘Fall On The Ice’
By Jeremy, an Ex-Christian Scientist group editor/writer. Like almost any other religion, Christian Science has its own mythology: those stories that form the core of the faith's origins, and which…
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Why do Christian Scientists go to the dentist (but not doctors)?
One of the most common questions the Ex-Christian Scientist site gets is “Why do Christian Scientists go to dentists but not doctors?” Yeah, that is a good question. While we…
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Coverups, Conspiracies & “Colonel” Glover
Everyone in the year 2020 has experience living through a global pandemic. We have all seen first hand how the corona virus and the fear of covid-19 have dominated the…
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Mary Baker Eddy on Race and Slavery
Many people and institutions in the United States are going through serious self-examination on the question of race right now. Christian Scientists must look at the legacy of Mary Baker…
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Calvin Frye & The Pie
By Tanner Johnsrud. Tanner was a journal listed practitioner for more than a decade before leaving Christian Science. This week lots of people in the United States will be celebrating…
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Esoteric Christian Science: MBE as the Woman in Revelation
This post covers a lesser-known topic, the idea of Mary Baker Eddy as the Woman in Revelation. Until I started researching Christian Science, MBE and the colorful, often forgotten history of…
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Conscientious Objectors & War
A collection of references related to Christian Science, Conscientious Objectors and War There is no ground on which conscientious objectors can rest, since Christian Scientists maintain that in reality no war…