A recent letter about Christian Science confirms the fact that it is a little known and little understood religion. For examples, the religion advocates all preventative measures in the case of an epidemic and does not deny its adherents the choice to turn to a physician.
Late in founder Mary Baker Eddy’s life, Clara Barton, creator of the American Red Cross, had declared her the “nation’s greatest woman.” And in 2014 Smithsonian Magazine named Eddy one of the “100 Most Significant Americans of All Time.”
Theologian Karl Barth is reputed to have said that Christians must live their lives with a Bible in one hand and a newspaper in the other. By that definition, Mary Baker Eddy was a Christian in spades. Brought up on the Bible as a devout New England Congregationalist, she—under dire circumstances in middle age—turned to an intensive study of it and kept the Bible close until her death in 1910.
Two years before, she had founded The Christian Science Monitor newspaper headquartered in Boston! Now a broadened media source.
The recent letter illustrates the fact that Christian Science is a least known and least understood religion. For example, in the case of an epidemic, Christian Scientists carefully follow preventative measures, especially when advised by authorities. In addition, they are completely allowed to use the services of a physician.
Late in Mary Baker Eddy’s life, Clara Barton, creator of the American Red Cross, declared her the “nation’s greatest woman.” And in 2014 Smithsonian Magazine named Eddy one of the “100 Most Significant Americans of All Time.”
Theologian Karl Barth is reputed to have said that Christians must live their lives with a Bible in one hand and a newspaper in the other. By that definition, Mary Baker Eddy was a Christian in spades. Brought up on the Bible as a devout New England Congregationalist, she—under dire circumstances in middle age—turned to an intensive study of it and kept the Bible close until her death in 1910.
Two years before, she had founded The Christian Science Monitor newspaper headquartered in Boston! Now a broadened media source.
jdenisglover says...
A recent letter about Christian Science confirms the fact that it is a little known and little understood religion. For examples, the religion advocates all preventative measures in the case of an epidemic and does not deny its adherents the choice to turn to a physician.
Late in founder Mary Baker Eddy’s life, Clara Barton, creator of the American Red Cross, had declared her the “nation’s greatest woman.” And in 2014 Smithsonian Magazine named Eddy one of the “100 Most Significant Americans of All Time.”
Theologian Karl Barth is reputed to have said that Christians must live their lives with a Bible in one hand and a newspaper in the other. By that definition, Mary Baker Eddy was a Christian in spades. Brought up on the Bible as a devout New England Congregationalist, she—under dire circumstances in middle age—turned to an intensive study of it and kept the Bible close until her death in 1910.
Two years before, she had founded The Christian Science Monitor newspaper headquartered in Boston! Now a broadened media source.
On Christian Science and COVID-19
Posted 4 November 2021, 12:35 p.m. Suggest removal
jdenisglover says...
The recent letter illustrates the fact that Christian Science is a least known and least understood religion. For example, in the case of an epidemic, Christian Scientists carefully follow preventative measures, especially when advised by authorities. In addition, they are completely allowed to use the services of a physician.
Late in Mary Baker Eddy’s life, Clara Barton, creator of the American Red Cross, declared her the “nation’s greatest woman.” And in 2014 Smithsonian Magazine named Eddy one of the “100 Most Significant Americans of All Time.”
Theologian Karl Barth is reputed to have said that Christians must live their lives with a Bible in one hand and a newspaper in the other. By that definition, Mary Baker Eddy was a Christian in spades. Brought up on the Bible as a devout New England Congregationalist, she—under dire circumstances in middle age—turned to an intensive study of it and kept the Bible close until her death in 1910.
Two years before, she had founded The Christian Science Monitor newspaper headquartered in Boston! Now a broadened media source.
On Christian Science and COVID-19
Posted 4 November 2021, 12:28 p.m. Suggest removal