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    What is Christian Science?
    What is Christian Science?
    What is Christian Science?
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    What is Christian Science?

    By M. M. Mangasarian

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    In this book the author makes an earnest endeavor to understand Christian Science and define its mission. He scrupulously verifies all his citations and references, and appeals to the judgment of those who are willing to hear both sides of the question.
    Mangasar Magurditch Mangasarian was an American rationalist and secularist of Armenian descent. Mangasarian considered himself a Rationalist or a Secularist not an Atheist, since he considered atheism a non-verifiable belief system. He was pastor at a Presbyterian church in Philadelphia, which he resigned from, becoming an independent preacher and a lecturer on "independent religion" in New York.V
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherForce Majeure Press
    Release dateMar 1, 2018
    ISBN9788826002880
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      What is Christian Science? - M. M. Mangasarian

      WHAT IS CHRISTIAN SCIENCE?

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      M. M. Mangasarian

      Thank you for reading. In the event that you appreciate this book, please consider sharing the good word(s) by leaving a review, or connect with the author.

      This book is a work of nonfiction and is intended to be factually accurate.

      All rights reserved. Aside from brief quotations for media coverage and reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced or distributed in any form without the author’s permission. Thank you for supporting authors and a diverse, creative culture by purchasing this book and complying with copyright laws.

      Copyright © 2018 www.deaddodopublishing.co.uk

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      What is Christian Science?

      Why I Discuss Christian Science

      Mrs. Eddy’s Mentality

      Mortal Mind

      Mrs. Eddy’s Prayer

      Is Christian Science Scientific?

      Is Christian Science Christian?

      Arrested Mentation

      Do Christian Scientists Use their Minds?

      Examples of Reasoning.

      Do Christian Scientists Practise what they Preach?

      Christian Science Cures

      Christian Science Testimonials

      Get-Well-Quick

      Christian Science Fashionable

      Christian Science and Witchcraft

      Marriage and Death in Christian Science

      Suffer it to Be So Now

      The New Autocracy

      The Menace of Christian Science

      Christian Science and Morals

      WHAT IS CHRISTIAN SCIENCE?

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      YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND CHRISTIAN Science" is the usual reply of the followers of Mrs. Eddy to any one disputing their claims, or trying to point out the many inconsistencies in their creed. If it is impossible to understand Christian Science, how does it expect to propagate itself? To answer that one must accept the doctrine before one can understand it would be like asking a man to see before he opens his eyes, or to think after he has made up his mind. It is just as useless to try to understand Christian Science after it has been accepted as true as it would be for a judge to examine the evidence after a verdict has been pronounced. And if Christian Scientists can understand the beliefs which they reject, why may not other people have intelligence and honesty enough to understand Christian Science without believing in it?

      But can a person who is not a mathematician understand or discuss profitably the intricate problems of mathematics? No; hence no one but a Christian Scientist may discuss its doctrines and interpret its metaphysics. Neither has that defence any value. We do not have to be expert mathematicians to know that twice two make four. It is possible to detect an error in an example of addition, multiplication, or subtraction presented by the greatest mathematician without possessing equal knowledge or ability. Mrs. Eddy may be more advanced in metaphysics than any of her critics, but twice two make four in Divine science as well as in human science. Square your statements with the facts, and you disarm criticism. Ignore, suppress, or tamper with the facts, and you will have the universe against you.

      WHY I DISCUSS CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

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      IF ASKED WHY I DEVOTE time and labour to the discussion of such seemingly foolish propositions as those propounded by Mrs. Eddy, my defence is that I am very much interested in the people who accept Christian Science, and would like to be of service to them, even though they may hold me and my motives in derision. Then, again, I feel that if we stand idly by while the Christian Scientists are concentrating all their efforts, sparing neither time nor money to spread their doctrine, we may wake up some morning to find that all our institutions—newspapers, courts, schools, etc.—have passed under the control of Mrs. Eddy’s followers. That, in my opinion, would be a national menace.

      If the teachings of Christian Science prevail, there will come into prominence the type of mentality which will dispense with all forms of inquiry, and accept for authority the say-so of a book, a man, or a woman as all-sufficient and final.

      The passive mind easily becomes the plaything or instrument of every kind of imposture—political, economic, or religious. Non-resistance will prove the death of free institutions. I am opposed to Christian Science because I am opposed to the least departure from sanity. I have no other motive in this propaganda against the new cult. Whatever undermines the morale of the nation or is hurtful to the free and rational development of humanity should be combated again and again until it ceases to be a menace.

      MRS. EDDY’S MENTALITY

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      THE FOUNDER OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE was, indeed, one of the busiest women of her day. She was preacher, writer, teacher, missionary, organizer, manager, etc. But even a superficial reading of her books will show that her activity resembled that of children at play rather than of men at work. Mrs. Eddy’s mind displayed all the qualities and defects of primitive man. Though incessantly active, she followed in all her mental efforts the line of least resistance. Children are never at rest of their own will; they run and romp almost continually; but it is the activity of play, not of work, which they enjoy. To work requires concentration and effort in a definite direction, and submission to rules and regulations; while in play one is at liberty to follow one’s own fancy, moving in any direction and at any speed one pleases. Again, the worker is expected to show results; the player, on the other hand, though equally busy, keeps going round and round, or back and forth, just for the pleasure of being in motion.

      Mrs. Eddy had the child’s fondness for activity and the child’s dislike for work. She rebelled against discipline. Rules and restrictions were as distasteful to her as to children who have

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