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Christian Scientist: Healings
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While there is no formal compulsion on Christian Scientists either to use Christian Science healing or to eschew medical means[3] Christian Scientists avoid using the two systems simultaneously in the belief that they tend to counteract or contradict each other. Material medicine and Christian Science treatment proceed from diametrically opposite assumptions. Medicine asserts that something is physically broken and needs to be fixed, while Christian Science asserts that the spiritual reality is harmonious and perfect, and that any false belief to the contrary needs to be corrected.
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Christian Scientists care about their neighbors and fellow community members and gladly abide by city and state laws or mandates regarding quarantines, vaccinations, and the like. The Christian Science Journal, Christian Science Sentinel, and The Herald of Christian Science ... contain documented healings of communicable diseases and show the role prayer can play, not just in protecting and healing individuals, but in helping communities as well.
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A minor uprising by some prominent Christian Scientists as a result of that media debacle resulted in another lawsuit in 1993 against the board of directors for financial mismanagement. The case was eventually tossed out by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, but internal discontent continues.
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In their endeavour to be responsible parents, Christian Scientists would accept that a doctor should be called in to attend their child in time of illness. If, in accord with this requirement, the child were to need a blood transfusion or medical treatment, then no objections would be raised.
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Christian Scientists therefore normally rely on spiritual means of healing. In some ways, Christian Scientists have similar beliefs about the world as Buddhists and Hindus in that the spiritual is thought to be more real than the physical, and that a change in the understanding of reality will bring about a change in the physical realm.
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Christian Scientists have no special objection to blood transfusions, although as it is a physical method of treatment and their desire is to rely on spiritual means alone for healing, they would not normally wish to receive a blood transfusion. However, if they have chosen to accept conventional treatment then this is acceptable.
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