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THE UNFALSIFIABLE SCIENCE
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE has gained a unique place in today's religious discussion by uniting the religion of Christianity with the discipline of a science, a system that seeks laws that predict outcomes in a reproducible way. This union arose out of years of prayer and exploration, during which religious founder Mary Baker Eddy searched for a way to revive the healing method that Christ Jesus had practiced—one that, she believed, healed on the basis of divine laws. "In the year 1866," she explained, "I discovered the Christ Science or divine laws of Life, Truth, and Love, and named my discovery Christian Science" (Science and Health, p. 107). She was convinced that these laws could be taught, and that then many people could use them to benefit themselves and society.
But there is a substantive difference between science as a human endeavor, and the Science described as spiritual law by the founder of Christian Science.

May 5, 2008 issue
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LETTERS
with contributions from SANCY NASON, KAREN JAMES, JANE PARTIS MCCARTY, HEIDI SKOK
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Where science and religion come together for good
PATRICIA KADICK, STAFF EDITOR
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ITEMS OF INTEREST
with contributions from Andrew Moore, Meredith Heagney, Jane Lampman
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WHAT IS SCIENTIFIC RELIGION?
BY NATHAN A. TALBOT
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THE SCIENCE OF SEEING THE REAL YOU
BY SARAH G. HYATT
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WHY SCIENCE NEEDS RELIGION
BY JOAN L. MITCHELL
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THE UNFALSIFIABLE SCIENCE
BY DAVID CORNELL
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Let Love bring everyone— Tibetans and Chinese— to a better place
BY ROSALIE E. DUNBAR, NEWS EDITOR
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TEAMED UP WITH GOD
WITH BY ALISTAIR BROCKMEYER
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Waiting for a job?
BY MARK B. RAFFLES
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FIRST LIGHT IN DEATH VALLEY
CAMERON MARTINDELL, SAMMAMISH, WASHINGTON
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AFTER THE FALL
BENJAMIN F. GLADDEN
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A BLUE-RIBBON DAY
DANIS COLLETT MUTCHLER
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PRAYING WITH KENYANS FOR PEACE
BOB PRESS
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WAKING UP TO THE TRUTH BROUGHT HEALING
SYLVIA HILL
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'I KEPT A MENTAL WATCH'
PAMELA COOK
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GRATEFUL FOR NUMEROUS HEALINGS
LENDA HONEGGER