The Ex-Christian Scientist

Information, resources & support for those leaving or questioning Christian Science

INDEX: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures

A collection of resources pertaining to Mary Baker Eddy’s work: Science and Health. Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures is the central text of the Christian Science religion. Mary Baker Eddy described it as her “most important work.” She began writing it in February 1872 and the first edition was published in 1875. The first edition was copyrighted in 1875, and […]

We understand this but others do not, aren’t we clever…

By an anonymous Ex-Christian Scientist Group contributor. I looked at a copy of Science & Health recently to try and make some sense of the book that had formed the nest within which my childhood beliefs were hatched. I gave up pretty quickly. I think I scanned the bit about the blacksmith’s arm getting bigger […]