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Message Subject Dassta-ma-kha #1 Yeti, Yowie Everywhere by Amitakh Stanford
Poster Handle Richard S.
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What was i believe the previous revelation and why there are books around then, that get way closer to the truth than the new testament?

"The core of Christian Science theology is the "scientific statement of being".[1]:468 Adherents of Christian Science believe that Genesis (creation) contains two interleaved stories of creation, one spiritual, the other material [1]:501-557 and hold that the reality of all that God made is spiritual, and not material. They see this reality as the only reality and all else as illusion or, in Christian Science parlance, "error".[2] They believe that the recognition and understanding of the spiritual nature of reality allows for healing through "prayer"."

[link to en.wikipedia.org]

It is called „prayer“, because the target audience was what would be called today „fundamentalist Christians“ from the 19th century, but the definition of it is very interesting:

„How does one pray? When we pray, we are trying to eliminate error from our thought, because our thought is all that is preventing us from realizing our true spiritual selves. I've heard a lot of different methods for prayer in Christian Science, but I will tell you what I generally do ...“

(one anonymous poster)

→ which leads to:

„I don't know how much you know about Christian Science, but I will try to first give you a little background about the faith and then address your questions. In Christian Science, we believe that God is all and God is good, therefore everything must be good. There's no room for anything bad. Man, then, is spiritual, and made up not of the flesh and bone that our material senses reveal to us. We are all just spiritual expressions of God. It is our spiritual, Godlike qualities that define us, such as joy, grace, intelligence, love, and many others. What I would say is the goal of a Christian Scientist is to overcome the lying material sense and realize fully our true spiritual state of being.“

(one anonymous poster)

Who was the founder of it?

"She devoted the next three years of her life to Biblical study and what she considered the discovery of Christian Science. In her autobiography, Retrospection and Introspection, Eddy writes "I then withdrew from society about three years,--to ponder my mission, to search the Scriptures, to find the Science of Mind that should take the things of God and show them to the creature, and reveal the great curative Principle, --Deity."[5]

"Convinced by her own study of the Bible, especially Genesis 1, and through experimentation, Mary claimed to have found healing power through a higher sense of God as Spirit and man as God's spiritual "image and likeness." She became convinced that illness could be healed through an awakened thought brought about by a clearer perception of God and the explicit rejection of drugs, hygiene and medicine based upon the observation that Jesus did not use these methods for healing:

„During these years she taught what she considered the science of "primitive Christianity" to at least 800 people“

[link to en.wikipedia.org]

And what is it really?

„Claiming to have first healed herself and then others, and having learned from these experiences, Eddy felt anyone could perceive what she called "the Kingdom of Heaven" or spiritual reality on earth. For her, this healing method was based on scientific principles and could be taught to others. This positive rule of healing, she taught, resulted from a new understanding of God as infinite Spirit beyond the limitations of the material senses.“

„Many Christian Scientists use „prayer“ as their first choice for treatment over medicine, including drugs and surgery.“

„In Christian Science it is not forbidden to seek medical attention, but they believe that those who do have turned their back on their beliefs if they sought medical help. Eddy put this as "if we trust matter, we distrust spirit"

… the unleashing of the real „powers“ of the mind.
 
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