I've recently discovered Christian science and Mrs Eddy's work, Science and health with key to the scriptures, has done more for my mental health than doctors have in the last four years. It's amazing the transformation I've had in such a short space of time. I've been in contact with my local reading room and they've sent some journals and sentinels to me and when they open up again I'm going down. Mrs Eddy discovered something wonderful, already I'm so glad I've found and become a part of Christian Science
Of all the Biblically-based cults in America today, Christian Science is one of the most interesting. Not only does it deny the essential doctrines of Christianity but also it has completely reinterpreted the Bible. It drastically redefines the Bible’s culture and terminology and rips thousands of Scriptures out of their historical and Biblical contexts. The result is a non-Christian mixture of metaphysical and philosophical thoughts. Christian Science is so foreign to the Bible that if it didn’t use words like Jesus, Trinity, Love, Grace, Sin, etc., you’d never suspect it had anything to do with the Bible at all. Additionally, the book, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, which is the Christian Scientist’s mainstay of spiritual knowledge, reads with a rhythm of pseudo-logical statements that has the tendency to dull the senses when read long enough. Is Christian Science Christian? Definitely not. Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures is the primary interpretive source of the Bible and source guide of Christian Science. It interprets the Bible in a radically different way. It is so different, in fact, that it absolutely rejects the substitutionary atonement of Jesus and states that it had no efficacious value (S&H, 25:6). It denies that Jesus is God, second person of the Trinity (S&H, 361:12-13). It says that sin is a false interpretation of Divine Mind and is nonexistent (S&H, 335:7-15). And it says that the Holy Spirit is Divine Science which is best represented by Christian Science (S&H, 331:31). The list can go on and, unfortunately, it does. To the Christian Scientist, God (the Father-Mother) is a Principle known as the Divine Mind. It has no personhood and no personality. A catch phrase used in their literature is that God is "All in All." In other words, God is all that exists, and what we perceive as matter is an interpretation of divine mind. Since God is love, it means that sin and sickness are only errors of interpreting the Divine Mind and have no true reality (S&H, 330:25-274, 470:9-14). To the Christian Scientist, Jesus is a Way-shower. He is someone who epitomized the true principle of the Christ Consciousness which indwells us all. Therefore, Jesus did not really die on the cross. He was not God in flesh. He made no atonement in shedding His blood (S&H, 25:6). Christian Science teaches that man does not have a sinful nature and is a reflection of Divine Mind. To achieve "salvation," he needs only to find the true reality of understanding as revealed in Christian Science teachings. Unfortunately, these teachings are from Mary Baker Eddy, a woman who founded the religion in the 1870's and are not from God. The Christian Scientists consider their philosophy to be consistent with the original teachings of Jesus. They consider truth a matter of higher understanding and learning. But the reality is that Christian Science has only produced unbiblical and false doctrines. Eternal destruction is the only thing that will result from its false teaching
I happen to think the essential doctrines of Christianity are emphasized along with the element of divine healing. The tenets of Christian Science are to take the inspired Word of the Bible as a sufficient guide to eternity, acknowledging one God, one Christ, and divine Spirit, and promising to do to others as we'd have them do to us. Readers may interpret the teachings of Christian Science too philosophically and give it the appearance of weirdness, but it's been useful to me. Thanks for commenting and if you want to look into it more, www.healingsciencetoday.com
I disagree with rewriting S&H since it was altered to some degree after Mrs. Eddy left and none of the BOD since have corrected it back. In all honesty, the church has been slowly removing destroying CS for a long time, which is why there are independents who actually follow what she wrote and not what the BOD wants. Any volume of S&H after 1910 contains altered text.
I hope that your interpretation of Science and Health is crafted in clear, fluid, direct language. In my opinion, Ms. Eddy's writing style is one of the chief obstacles to an understanding of her core message. The Mother Church has made an icon of her personality, and of the book itself. It has become an untouchable relic. Even the Bible has been revised, updated, and translated in different ways, to provide greater clarity for the modern reader. Science and Health needs to be subjected to the same sort of realistic revision, if it to reach a wider audience. By the way, is your book available in print format?
21st Century Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures: A modern version of Mary Baker Eddy's Science and Health is available at Amazon www.amazon.com/21st-Century-Science-Health-Scriptures/dp/1546988637 Thanks for commenting
So is the faith based on more ones relationship with God or using a scientific method of discovering answers? Would books like "Case for a Creator" be something Christian Scientist would view? or would it be more based off how Jesus walked and engaged with the people: like in John when he brings Laz back from the dead? Or mud to the blind man's eyes?
I feel the faith is based on an understanding of ones relationship with God, Love, Truth. In my steps to understanding the law of God, I do hypothesize, experiment, and modify my ideas, however, God touches me with immediate grand results. I haven't read "Case for a Creator" but I do read many books like it because they are interesting and informative. Thanks for the dialogue.
The continuity of the law of God can be found in the old Testament and new Testament. The law of God can be found everywhere and it is available to us all.
It's not humbug to me, but I will agree that sometimes I would agree on the empty buzzwords aspect. The human language is inadequate to speak on spiritual matters, but the spiritual feels more real to me so I share it, buzz words or not. Take care.
Nope, I don't believe in a flat earth cosmology. I don't believe the Bible is some great history book. I don't even believe the words in the Bible came from God. I think they came from human beings, hopefully inspired by God with the intent to improve spiritually.
You said that God didn't create mortal bodies and personalities, what exactly do you mean by that? Does that mean that my body wasn't created by God? Sorry if that doesn't make much sense..
I believe God created immortal identities. Our concepts of bodies and personalities are evolving, as old views pass away and we gain new ideas, and anything that passes away wasn't created by God, because all that God made is permanent. You make sense, it's just that language is difficult to express the spiritual. However, the spiritual speaks to our hearts and we understand.
I've recently discovered Christian science and Mrs Eddy's work, Science and health with key to the scriptures, has done more for my mental health than doctors have in the last four years. It's amazing the transformation I've had in such a short space of time. I've been in contact with my local reading room and they've sent some journals and sentinels to me and when they open up again I'm going down. Mrs Eddy discovered something wonderful, already I'm so glad I've found and become a part of Christian Science
Of all the Biblically-based cults in America today, Christian Science is one of the most interesting. Not only does it deny the essential doctrines of Christianity but also it has completely reinterpreted the Bible. It drastically redefines the Bible’s culture and terminology and rips thousands of Scriptures out of their historical and Biblical contexts. The result is a non-Christian mixture of metaphysical and philosophical thoughts. Christian Science is so foreign to the Bible that if it didn’t use words like Jesus, Trinity, Love, Grace, Sin, etc., you’d never suspect it had anything to do with the Bible at all. Additionally, the book, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, which is the Christian Scientist’s mainstay of spiritual knowledge, reads with a rhythm of pseudo-logical statements that has the tendency to dull the senses when read long enough. Is Christian Science Christian? Definitely not.
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures is the primary interpretive source of the Bible and source guide of Christian Science. It interprets the Bible in a radically different way. It is so different, in fact, that it absolutely rejects the substitutionary atonement of Jesus and states that it had no efficacious value (S&H, 25:6). It denies that Jesus is God, second person of the Trinity (S&H, 361:12-13). It says that sin is a false interpretation of Divine Mind and is nonexistent (S&H, 335:7-15). And it says that the Holy Spirit is Divine Science which is best represented by Christian Science (S&H, 331:31). The list can go on and, unfortunately, it does.
To the Christian Scientist, God (the Father-Mother) is a Principle known as the Divine Mind. It has no personhood and no personality. A catch phrase used in their literature is that God is "All in All." In other words, God is all that exists, and what we perceive as matter is an interpretation of divine mind. Since God is love, it means that sin and sickness are only errors of interpreting the Divine Mind and have no true reality (S&H, 330:25-274, 470:9-14).
To the Christian Scientist, Jesus is a Way-shower. He is someone who epitomized the true principle of the Christ Consciousness which indwells us all. Therefore, Jesus did not really die on the cross. He was not God in flesh. He made no atonement in shedding His blood (S&H, 25:6).
Christian Science teaches that man does not have a sinful nature and is a reflection of Divine Mind. To achieve "salvation," he needs only to find the true reality of understanding as revealed in Christian Science teachings. Unfortunately, these teachings are from Mary Baker Eddy, a woman who founded the religion in the 1870's and are not from God.
The Christian Scientists consider their philosophy to be consistent with the original teachings of Jesus. They consider truth a matter of higher understanding and learning. But the reality is that Christian Science has only produced unbiblical and false doctrines. Eternal destruction is the only thing that will result from its false teaching
I happen to think the essential doctrines of Christianity are emphasized along with the element of divine healing. The tenets of Christian Science are to take the inspired Word of the Bible as a sufficient guide to eternity, acknowledging one God, one Christ, and divine Spirit, and promising to do to others as we'd have them do to us. Readers may interpret the teachings of Christian Science too philosophically and give it the appearance of weirdness, but it's been useful to me. Thanks for commenting and if you want to look into it more, www.healingsciencetoday.com
I disagree with rewriting S&H since it was altered to some degree after Mrs. Eddy left and none of the BOD since have corrected it back. In all honesty, the church has been slowly removing destroying CS for a long time, which is why there are independents who actually follow what she wrote and not what the BOD wants. Any volume of S&H after 1910 contains altered text.
Sounds like Gnosticism
I hope that your interpretation of Science and Health is crafted in clear, fluid, direct language.
In my opinion, Ms. Eddy's writing style is one of the chief obstacles to an understanding
of her core message. The Mother Church has made an icon of her personality, and of the
book itself. It has become an untouchable relic.
Even the Bible has been revised, updated, and translated in different ways,
to provide greater clarity for the modern reader. Science and Health needs to be subjected to the same
sort of realistic revision, if it to reach a wider audience.
By the way, is your book available in print format?
21st Century Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures: A modern version of Mary Baker Eddy's Science and Health is available at Amazon www.amazon.com/21st-Century-Science-Health-Scriptures/dp/1546988637 Thanks for commenting
So is the faith based on more ones relationship with God or using a scientific method of discovering answers? Would books like "Case for a Creator" be something Christian Scientist would view? or would it be more based off how Jesus walked and engaged with the people: like in John when he brings Laz back from the dead? Or mud to the blind man's eyes?
I feel the faith is based on an understanding of ones relationship with God, Love, Truth. In my steps to understanding the law of God, I do hypothesize, experiment, and modify my ideas, however, God touches me with immediate grand results. I haven't read "Case for a Creator" but I do read many books like it because they are interesting and informative. Thanks for the dialogue.
The continuity of the law of God can be found in the old Testament and new Testament. The law of God can be found everywhere and it is available to us all.
What a pile of humbug and empty buzzwords...
It's not humbug to me, but I will agree that sometimes I would agree on the empty buzzwords aspect. The human language is inadequate to speak on spiritual matters, but the spiritual feels more real to me so I share it, buzz words or not. Take care.
So do you believe in the enclosed flat earth cosmology presented in the Bible?
Nope, I don't believe in a flat earth cosmology. I don't believe the Bible is some great history book. I don't even believe the words in the Bible came from God. I think they came from human beings, hopefully inspired by God with the intent to improve spiritually.
I enjoyed this VERY much. It makes sense to me.
You said that God didn't create mortal bodies and personalities, what exactly do you mean by that? Does that mean that my body wasn't created by God? Sorry if that doesn't make much sense..
I believe God created immortal identities. Our concepts of bodies and personalities are evolving, as old views pass away and we gain new ideas, and anything that passes away wasn't created by God, because all that God made is permanent. You make sense, it's just that language is difficult to express the spiritual. However, the spiritual speaks to our hearts and we understand.