Although Christian Science is categorized as a religion of
Christianity it tends to be not as popular as other Christian religions due to
its different beliefs. Although the Church of Christian Science believes in
God, Jesus, and the use of the Holy Bible, their belief system is slightly
different from other Christian religions. For example many Christians believe
that the ability of Jesus to perform miraculous healings and miracles are a
representation of his divinity that only Jesus can perform while the Church of
Christian Science sees these acts as example of how correcting negativity
within the mind first can lead to the healing of many things including
illnesses. With these sort of beliefs Christian Science received a lot of
negative feedback with reports of it being a heresy during its early years of
establishment. Legendary American author Mark Twain was also a critic of
Christian Science. Twain published to books Christian
Science and The Secret History of
Eddypus, the World Empire. At the time Twain strongly believed that Mary
Baker Eddy’s establishing of Christian Science was a ploy to increase power and
wealth for her own benefit. The frenzy of criticism of Christian Science
eventually died down after Eddy’s death in 1910 but for numerous years after
the religion was still seen as a cult by many.
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