If you know what Christian Science is, what do you think of it?

Question

If you know of Christian Science, what do you think about it? Please be respectful in your answers because I am a Christian Scientist. I am just curious as to what other people know about it.

Answer 1

Christian science and christian scientist are two different things.The christian science I'm familiar with is only intent on destroying all the scientific material we've accumulated over the years.It must fit in with a certain biblical interpretation.Usually not the same one as other biblical creationists.I work with christian scientists who are good honest people and don't allow religious ideas to poison their work. Here's one of the really bad one's.Not really a doctor.But really a jailbird crook.http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/hovind/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Hovind as well as a some funny you tube things such as http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTIrRpUeOEs and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq-tmigypAM&feature=related

Answer 2

The Christian Science people I know are nice people but Christian Science of MB Eddy is a Christo-Gnostic radically dualist group that is not Historically Christian but culturally so.

Theologically it is closer to "Buddhism-Lite" than to
Christianity.

I am all for praying for healing and positive mindsets but give me the best of modern medicine in practice(doctors,surgery,drugs,antibiotics, etc) when needed.

Get a physical check up about once a year.

Answer 3

The basic ideas behind this church are : 1) God is divine Love, Father-Mother , supreme. 2) The true nature of each individual as a child of God is Spiritual 3) God's infinite goodness, realized in prayer and action, heals. The problems for me begin with the fact that every belief in the church is based on a book , written in 1895 by Mary Baker Eddy, called " Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures " . In the book, she says :...." we all possess the ability to heal ourselves, our families, our world. " Another major red flag went up when I discovered that this church has NO ordained clergy . In 1895, Mary Baker Eddy named the Bible and " Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures " book as Pastor for the worldwide Churches of Christ, Scientist. In other words, what Mary Baker Eddy says seems to take precedence over the Holy Bible, a notion I strongly object to. Any church whose founder sets her writings up as the doctrine to be followed, and even names it as the church's Pastor , doesn't sound like it's God ordained in any way. A Church which doesn't have the Word of God, the Bible as its only authority, is not ordained of God. And each individual church needs to have its own Pastor. People get led astray without one to keep the Scriptural doctrine in line. A Pastor is called of God to Pastor any given Church. Was Mary Baker Eddy called of God to make her book more important than The Holy Inspired Word Of God ?

Answer 4

Christian Science was begun by Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910), who pioneered new ideas about spirituality and health. Inspired by her own experience of healing in 1866, Eddy spent years in Bible study, prayer, and research of various healing methods. The result was a system of healing she dubbed “Christian Science” in 1879. Her book, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, broke new ground in the understanding of the mind-body-spirit connection. She went on to found a college, a church, a publishing enterprise, and the respected newspaper “The Christian Science Monitor.” Because of its similarity to other groups, many believe Christian Science to be a non-Christian cult.

Christian Science teaches that God—Father-Mother of all—is completely good and wholly spiritual and that all God's creation, including the true nature of every person, is the flawless spiritual likeness of the Divine. Since God’s creation is good, evils such as disease, death, and sin cannot be a part of fundamental reality. Rather, these evils are the result of living apart from God. Prayer is a central way to come closer to God and heal human ills. This differs from the Bible, which teaches that man is born in sin inherited from Adam’s fall and that sin separates us from God. Without God’s saving grace through the death of Christ on the cross, we would never be healed of the ultimate sickness—sin.

Rather than teaching that Jesus heals our spiritual sickness (see Isaiah 53:5), Christian Scientists see Jesus’ ministry as their own paradigm for healing, believing it demonstrates the centrality of healing in regard to salvation. Christian Scientists pray to realize more of the reality of God and God's love daily and to experience and help others experience the harmonizing, healing effects of this understanding.

For most Christian Scientists, spiritual healing is an effective first choice and, as a result, they turn to the power of prayer in lieu of medical treatment. Government authorities have occasionally challenged this approach, especially in circumstances when medical treatment is withheld from minors. However, there is no church policy mandating members' health-care decisions.

Christian Science has no ministers. Rather, the Bible and Science and Health act as pastor and preacher. Bible lessons are studied daily and read aloud on Sunday by two elected lay members of each local congregation. Christian Science churches also hold weekly testimonial meetings, at which congregation members relate experiences of healing and regeneration.

Of all the “Christian” cults in existence, “Christian Science” is the most inaccurately named. Christian Science is neither Christian or based on science. Christian Science denies all the core truths of what makes a system “Christian.” Christian Science is, in fact, opposed to science and points to mystical new-age spirituality as the path for physical and spiritual healing. Christian Science should be recognized and rejected as the anti-Christian cult that it is.

http://www.gotquestions.org/Christian-science.html

https://carm.org/christian-science-religion-christian

Answer 5

Just an advanced version of Amish.

Answer 6

I know that it is wonderful, what can I tell you....
Other answers appear to not share that feeling. :)

Answer 7

"Christian Science" is a misnomer.

Answer 8

Kind of an oxymoron actually.

Answer 9

i think it is true science without the assumptionshttp://www.drdino.com/downloads.php