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I am not playing with Christian Science and its founder, I am examining themby@twain

I am not playing with Christian Science and its founder, I am examining them

by Mark TwainSeptember 4th, 2023
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I am not playing with Christian Science and its founder, I am examining them; and I am doing it because of the interest I feel in the inquiry. My results may seem inadequate to the reader, but they have for me clarified a muddle and brought a sort of order out of a chaos, and so I value them.
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I am not playing with Christian Science and its founder, I am examining them; and I am doing it because of the interest I feel in the inquiry. My results may seem inadequate to the reader, but they have for me clarified a muddle and brought a sort of order out of a chaos, and so I value them.


My readings of Mrs. Eddy's uninspired miscellaneous literary efforts have convinced me of several things:


1. That she did not write Science and Health. 2. That the Deity did (or did not) write it. 3. That She thinks She wrote it. 4. That She believes She wrote it under the Deity's inspiration. 5. That She believes She is a Member of the Holy Family. 6. That She believes She is the equal of the Head of it.


Finally, I think She is now entitled to the capital S—on her own evidence.



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