The following excerpted responses to public articles address common misconceptions of Christian Science. These were reprinted in the Christian Science Sentinel in a series by the Committee on Publication called, “Dialogue with the World.” 

From the Critic, a publication at Otago University in Dunedin, New Zealand:

“Christian Science is not about denying the existence of the world around us, though it is about looking at the world from a different perspective—a spiritual perspective—in order to meet the needs of humanity….

“When Christian Scientists pray, they don’t plead with God to help them, but pray to understand God’s unconditional love for all of creation—not “a God who is presumed on occasion to set aside laws of nature,” as the Christian Science scholar Robert Peel put it, but “a God who is infinite Love acting through immutable spiritual law” (Spiritual Healing in a Scientific Age, Harper & Row, 1987)….

“Christian Science is about living a life more consecrated to God and to serving humanity—the pillars of Christianity. It’s not a health-care system, but its natural outcomes are healing and regeneration.” 

From the Facebook page of Bloomberg Pursuits

 “Christian Scientists have no doubt that illness and sin are more than “illusions” in the ordinary sense of the term. Like everyone else, we know that illness feels real enough to those suffering from it. And as for sin, while we hopefully aren’t “hard-core” in the ranting and finger-pointing sense, we certainly recognize the effects of sin in people’s lives and the tragic difficulties it causes in families and history. That’s why we see such need for a more spiritual understanding of life.”

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