Thank you for the Roundtable today (7/19/20) and actually ALL of them that I listen to constantly throughout the day.
I was especially heartened that you addressed the issues of the internet and dark criticism of Mary Baker Eddy, in particular one website that I have also seen.
As you stated, it is best to stop reading this material, and, if there is any doubt, to first read her writings and do what she shows us to do. Until this is done, no one is in any position to criticize her. Have these critics done the work?
I have known of Christian Science all my life, but dropped it, not really knowing the teaching, and in great disappointment with the church organization.
It has been only because of your website and broadcasts that my interest has returned. Articles on your website have been helping me greatly, such as Gilbert Carpenter, Mary Baker Eddy, Her Spiritual Footsteps, Chapter 125, “Mrs Eddy’s use of Temporary Means.” Which helped me in regards to the critisism of Mrs Eddy, on the subject of morphine.
Many so called “Christian Scientists” haven’t read her works, studied them from cover to cover and done the work, so it is no wonder there have been cases of neglect, far fewer than there have been in the medical. The real cases of healing, are overlooked and people say “well it would have happened anyway.”
The other day, I opened Prose Works to this testimony. It spoke to me on this subject. (Miscellaneous Writings by Mary Baker Eddy, Page 426):
“I have been reading Science and Health for one year and a half, and have had some wonderful demonstrations. People here are antagonistic to the Science, and tell me that I am a “fit subject for the asylum”. Physicians threaten me with arrest, also, but I walk straight on, knowing well in whom I trust.” E. I. R., Wauseon, Ohio.