Christian Science is a term that was introduced by Mary Baker Eddy, the author of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures to "Designate the scientific system of divine healing", which is explained in that book. It is derived from her understanding of the teachings and life of Jesus Christ as found in The Bible. Christian Science - Definition of what Christian Science is. Christian Science encompases a set of ideas, which if understood can be applied by a person to a situation with the re ...

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• Christian Science - The Platform of Christian Science

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Christian Science, Christian Science - Definition of what Christian Science is, Christian Science - What Christian Science is not, Christian Science - The Platform of Christian Science

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The 'Platform' of Christian Science can be found on pages 330 to 340 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures". It consists of 32 paragraphs which define the views of Christian Science in relation to God, man (humanity, i.e. both males and females), Christ, existence, evil, matter. The whole book gives greater detail, but these 32 paragraphs most directly state fundamental ideas which Christian Science encompases. The other equally important section of the book is the chapter 'Recapitulation' (pages 465-497), wr ...

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Christian Science, Christian Science - Definition of what Christian Science is, Christian Science - What Christian Science is not, Christian Science - The Platform of Christian Science

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A Christian Science practitioner is an individual who devotes his or her full time to the practice of healing through prayer according to the teachings of Christian Science. This usually takes the form of what is called Christian Science treatment, a systematized form of prayer involving the affirmation of absolute spiritual or metaphysical Truth of the spiritual perfection of God, and by extension, man in His image and likeness. Treatment relies on passages of the Bible and the Christian S ...

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The Christian Science Journal is an official monthly publication of the Church of Christ, Scientist through the Christian Science Publishing Society, founded in 1883 by Mary Baker Eddy. Written chiefly for Christian Scientists, as opposed to the Christian Science Sentinel and Christian Science Herald, it includes articles written from a metaphysical angle of Christian Science, with editorials, church news items, testimonies of healing, and listings of Christian Science churches, practitioners, nurses, and Committe ...

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Epiphany: Amid darkness, light

There's a temptation to feel a little bit of a letdown this time of year, even after a really great holiday season. And there's unrest in many places vying for center stage on news broadcasts around the world. Not all the darkness is outside; our hearts have been touched and saddened.

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Inspiration to persist

Using in part the life of Joseph in the Bible as an example of one who persisted and found fulfillment despite severe obstacles, "Inspiration to persist" presents how the author has found that inspiration enables him to persist even when the going gets rough.

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What makes the Good Book so good?

Article explores how the Bible has impacted the authorÕs life, including how what it taught her about God's goodness helped her when she faced financial struggles.

What makes the Good Book so good? Elements of adventure, history, biography, and poetry fill its pages. But that's true of countless books whose impact has faded over time. To me, the Bible isn't just a good book - it's a book about goodness. A record and celebration of how God makes His good nature known and felt in ordinary and extraordinary situations.

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How I found the holy in the holidays

Merry Christmas. The very words used to make me want to run and hide.

All my life, the holiday season has been a time of wishing for something I never got-and what it seemed like everyone else around me had. Suffice it to say mine was not an Ozzie and Harriet childhood. As an adult, I grew resentful about the holidays. I couldnÕt stand pretending I liked Christmas when it was just a reminder to me of the happy family I never had.

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We human beings have a unique advantage over other species: We can think and reason. Unfortunately, we have gotten into the habit of thinking negative rather than positive thoughts.

We need to understand that the way we think controls and governs not only our speech and action, but through them, it will come to govern our life and the way we live. So how you think Ñ negatively or positively Ñ will decide whether you are going to be happy or sad.

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The walk with God

The steps you take with God render you better able to hear the divine voice and to trust it.

Life often presents hard choices, whether they affect thousands of city residents or are made around the kitchen table. Sometimes things donÕt go as expected. The child who seemed so promising suddenly takes up with a bad crowd. Changes in a cityÕs economy make it hard to keep the household going. A senior parent needs care, but thereÕs nowhere to turn. The car breaks down, and thereÕs no money for repairs.

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New YearÕs resolutions - with a spiritual edge

Thought is where positive change begins.

Along with the new year comes a feeling of opportunity and promise. For centuries people have welcomed the new year by identifying elements of their life they want to change, and committing themselves to making those changes. This week, millions of these 2004 New YearÕs resolutions are being tested for the first time.

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From perfectionism to perfection

Everything had to be perfect.

My perfect life was filled with homemaking, committee work and a never-ending to-do list. Immaculately organized, the home I shared with my husband and kids was lovely-but, as they could tell you, it was impossible to relax in.

All I wanted was to be appreciated. All I accomplished was a hectic lifestyle that no one understood. I cleaned the house every day except weekends, going so far as to pick up lint off the carpet every time I climbed the stairs. Potato chips were counted out equally for each of my children so no one would feel shortchanged. For picnics, paper products had to be color-coded; food had to be 100% nutritional, planned weeks ahead and prepared for days.

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Prayer for children in need

ÒPrayer for children in needÓ tells of Oprah Winfrey's Christmas gift giving to children in Africa, and the author's own life of helping children through foster care and adoption

Wondering how to celebrate the holidays with meaning, Oprah recalled her most remembered Christmas. When she was 12, her family had no money to buy gifts for her and her two younger siblings, so she went to bed thinking there would be no Christmas that year. After she was in bed, she recalled hearing a knock at the door. Some nuns surprised the family with gifts and food.

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The peace of Christmas - today and every day

The saving Christ-GodÕs message of peace-is with you right now.

Imagine looking in your e-mail inbox to find this message: ÒPeace is awaiting you at this very moment. A peace that will answer all your needs. A peace thatÕs available to everybody.Ó

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Forgive and move forward

Forgiving in the way Jesus did, brings healing to body and soul in this day and age.

Forgiveness, whether youÕre asking for it or are expressing it to someone else, promotes reconciliation. ItÕs like removing a roadblock so you can freely enjoy lifeÕs normal state: goodness.

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Christian Science by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) is a highly critical essay on the beliefs of Christian Scientists. Other related archivesChristian Scientists, Mark Twain

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Our scientific understanding has undermined many conventional approaches to spirituality at the very time we most need to strengthen these capacities. The source of the difficulty may hold the key to the solution. Science is widely accepted because it works. It looks at the world as it is searching for the simplest possible description. Discovery of simple descriptive laws has led to enormous power to control the phenomena the laws describe feeding our technical prowess. It was only possible to do this by divorcing science from feeling and values so one could see what is and not what one wants to see.

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Knowledge is divided between phenomenology, science of the changeable and ontology, science of the unchangeable. Ontology is the realm of being and phenomenology that of becoming.

To explain it to the laity, Christianity uses the word 'Father' for ontology and 'Son' for phenomenology. The Holy Spirit is individualised consciousness that mediates the two.

(See also: Science and Religion, Faith and Belief, Spiritual Guidance, God and Religion, Peace on Earth, Peace of Mind, Love and Happiness, Life and Beyond, Body Mind and Soul)

The Christian Science Herald is a publication of the Church of Christ, Scientist through the Christian Science Publishing Society, founded by Mary Baker Eddy, for languages other than English. It includes articles written from the metaphysical angle of Christian Science, with editorials, church news items, testimonies of healing, and listings of Christian Science churches, practitioners, nurses, and Committees on Publication. The magazine saw an interval of controversy when in 1992 its editors resigned en masse to protest the church's public

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