Unashamed ExCS
By 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…
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Freedom from Christian Science and a Path out of Anxiety
By Karen, submitted via email. Karen is a pseudonym. For more information about how to share your story, please visit https://exchristianscience.com/about-2/share-your-story/ In my decades as a Christian Scientist, I read Science…
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Interview with the Author of “Cult Survivor”
Cult Survivor by Chrystal Cole is the latest exCS memoir now available from Amazon. The ExCS site sat down with Chrystal to talk about her new book and why she is speaking up. ExChristianScience.com is…
Posted inBelieving & Practicing
Chrystal’s Story: My 2nd Lump (Part 3)
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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Chrystal’s Story: On Recycling and Medicine
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…
Posted inHealth Resources
Visiting the pharmacy
By Jeremy, an Ex-Christian Scientist group editor/writer. Other than the doctor's office and the hospital, the other scary new place for the former Christian Scientist entering the new (to them)…
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I’m grateful for proper medical care
By Jeremy, an Ex-Christian Scientist group editor/writer. Last summer, I experienced an infection in one of my feet. It likely happened while I was cleaning up an area outside of…
Posted inLeaving Christian Science
Old Habits Die Hard
The following is a collection of contributions from members of the Ex-Christian Science collective about experiences seeking medical care and interacting with medical professionals. Back in 2000, I had this…
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Christian Scientists are ignorant about sickness and its development.
The following is a collection of contributions from members of the Ex-Christian Science collective about how illness and death are 'handled' in Christian Science. Christian Scientists are ignorant about sickness…
Posted inChristian Science Historical Context
The Field was Full Well-Meaning Ignorance and Greedy Quackery
By Susanna, an Ex-Christian Scientist Group contributor. Susanna is a pseudonym, to ensure anonymity. I studied American history in college and especially women's history, and that was the first glimmer…