Science and Health Review
The reviewers who have contributed here are fully convinced Christian Scientists, and their reviews reflect an unquestioning acceptance of the truth of this textbook of their religion. It is more than unfortunate that the trade edition is being sold to a number of folks who might never have stepped into a Christian Science church or reading room. The basic premise of the book is that the material world is an illusion, or dream, and to the extent that one realizes this 'fact,' he will be completely free of all sickness, pain, and of problems of any kind. It teaches that all of man's senses convey only illusions, so the reader is free to imagine himself to be entirely perfect. The problems arise when unvaccinated children die of diphtheria or measles, when diabetic children die because they are denied insulin, when cancers that visibly eat away faces or tumors have to be 'unseen,' and when the untreated die in horrendous, unrelieved pain in Christian Science 'sanitaria.' The folks who have reviewed here haven't seen the end result of their belief in the truth of what is taught in Science and Health. Any potential readers who are not yet caught in the web spun by this book would be well advised to check out Children's Healthcare Is a Legal Duty, Inc, at www.childrenshealthcare.org, or any of the abstracts on spiritual healing on the National Library of Medicine web site and following the PubMed line.
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