Information, resources & support for those leaving or questioning Christian Science
The following has been submitted by “Anonymous Guy in Ohio.” In general, I was a very healthy child growing up in our Christian Science household, so many of the intricacies about CS’s distaste for modern medicine avoided my awareness. Never had a broken bone. No allergies. Outside of a few severe seasonal colds, I never missed school. My parents skirted […]
Read moreBy m.rose, submitted via email. m.rose is a pseudonym. For more information about how to share your story, please visit https://exchristianscience.com/about-2/share-your-story/ I am a former student of Principia. I was raised in Christian Science my whole life, and my mom is one of the most respected CS nurses in New England. My father attended Principia College, but later left Christian Science. […]
Read moreBy Jenny, an Ex-Christian Scientist Group Contributor. I was born into a Christian Science home, but I began to have serious doubts after my mother died of untreated cancer when I was in my teens. I went to Principia College after that, and was further disturbed by the lack of empathy and negligence of the Principia administration in handling injury […]
Read moreBy an anonymous Ex-Christian Scientist Group Contributor. I felt God’s hand was in everything that unfolded for me. I couldn’t take a step without praying about it, and all right decisions, activity, or relationships would have the appearance that fit perfectly with the moral, spiritual, and generally white-bread codes dictated by Christian Science. If people were doing something different I internally judged them as […]
Read moreBy Heidi, an Ex-Christian Scientist Group Contributor. I just spent eleven days alone in the remotest parts of Big Bend National Park on a research project, and in my down time, I was reading ‘Fingerprints of God’ because while I am agnostic, I think there’s an awful lot of coincidence out there. It has been an interesting read. I […]
Read moreBy an anonymous Ex-Christian Scientist Group Contributor. I was raised in Christian Science in Canada. We were a rare species! I was a fourth generation Christian Scientist. I recalled this morning, after 38 years, a Sunday school lesson when I was about four years old. In the lesson, the very old teacher explained to me that I was like the […]
Read moreBy Lilly, an Ex-Christian Scientist Group Contributor. Lilly is a pseudonym, to ensure anonymity. I’m a recovering Christian Scientist. There are many layers to shed, and I am thankful it is finally taking place, but sometimes it is so easy to slip back to my C.S. way of thinking, which includes lots of guilt, fear, denial and shame. Christian Science taught me […]
Read moreBy an anonymous Ex-Christian Scientist Group Contributor. I went to the doctor for the first time when I was fourteen years old. Months of caring for my mother as she succumbed to untreated breast cancer forged the courage my sister and I needed to break away from our parents’ radical reliance on Christian Science for healing and venture into […]
Read moreBy Tessa, an Ex-Christian Scientist Group Contributor. Tessa is a pseudonym, to ensure anonymity. I stayed with Christian Science out of family loyalty and guilt for decades, eventually living a dual life—the one I lived in front of my parents and the one I lived when I was apart. I lived that double life out of fear and a superstitious […]
Read moreBy Marie, an Ex-Christian Scientist Group Contributor. Marie is a pseudonym, to ensure anonymity. I stepped away from Christian Science, as a test. I spent a week not worrying about animal magnetism, or daily prayers, or anything like that. I just thought whatever I wanted to think. I then left CS quite suddenly and found that to be extremely […]
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