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Christian Science & Terminal Cancer
The following post was submitted via email. My Father's Story I am sure that there are CS practitioners out there that genuinely want to help people and are convinced they…
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Chrystal’s Story: The Year I Left Christian Science
This is part of an on-going series, for all posts in this series see the tag Chrystal’s Story. A Wedding at Principia During my Reunion Weekend A few years ago, I…
Chrystal’s Story: Finding My Way to the Quaker Path (Part 2)
This is part of an on-going series, for all posts in this series see the tag Chrystal’s Story. A note from Chrystal: I was born a fourth-generation Christian Scientist, and finally…
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#MeToo
Please know: the following may contain triggers for many people reading. The following post is by an Anonymous contributor. This whole #MeToo hashtag on social media (the Movement was started…
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Happy Father’s Day, Part 2: Living with Parkinson’s Disease
The following musings on Father's Day are by ExCS Group Member and Contributor Chrystal. This is part 2 of 3, part 3 will be shared on Sunday, June 25, 2017. My…
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Happy Father’s Day, Part 1: It’s Just Matter
The following musings on Father's Day are by ExCS Group Member and Contributor Chrystal. This is part 1 of 3, part 2 will be shared on Wednesday, June 21, 2017. It…
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It was our fault that my father died because we let him out of our ‘experience.’
By Sharon, an Ex-Christian Scientist Group contributor. Christian Scientists have a lack of humanity, sympathy, empathy—whatever you want to call it—in the face of death. It’s downright weird. My mother's…
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They were trained to deny their affection
The following is a collection of contributions from members of the Ex-Christian Science collective about how death is 'handled' in Christian Science. When people do start to get desperate and want to turn outside…
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The emotional pain can not be described.
By Ann, an Ex-Christian Scientist Group contributor. In most Christian traditions, death can be seen as a mercy, where people find comfort in knowing that their loved one is relieved…
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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.
