What is Christian Science healing like?

Question

Please answer if you have any experience with it.

Are there Christian Science hospitals, where the care is more holistic than in other hospitals?

Does insurance cover it?

Answer 1

The first answerer is telling you mostly the truth.  It is based on belief and not holistic medicine.  

I would subscribe to "Natural News" newsletters to get educated on holistic health.  I've provided the link, below.  The most current article is on ADHD drugs shrinking the brain.

Learn about improving quality of life even if the person is dealing with passing away or prevention for yourself and those you love.

Also, look into what insurance lowers their premiums for being on supplements that have FDA GMP's, which stand for good manufacturing practices in which the company is responsible enough to do voluntary monitoring for the FDA's program for quality control.

My family friend lowered their insurance premium by 200 dollars a month due to the preventative supplements they are on and my neighbor had her supplements 100% reimbursed by her insurance company, because the doctor wrote a letter showing her son's medical chart revealing improvements to the insurance company.

So, If I were you, I would see someone well trained in holistic care who is certified and licensed with references who is honest and would send their patient to a doctor when its out of their hands.  

Otherwise, I would not trust my life to hovering hands over my head with a brain tumor.

Answer 2

It is a scam, stay away from it.  I doubt insurance will cover it.

Here is excerpt from my source:

Does Christian Science Really Work?

The Christian Science church is somewhat schizophrenic in its attitude towards verification of its doctrinal health claims.

On the one hand, the Christian Science church avidly collects testimonials about alleged incidents of healings through Christian Science. Science and Health, With Key to the Scriptures gives many examples of such anecdotes, as do sympathetic accounts such as those of Robert Peel [Peel]. Personal testimony of healings play a large part in organized Christian Science gatherings.

On the other hand, the Church ardently resists any attempt to test Christian Science in a scientific manner, involving blind studies and controls.

However, there are a small number of studies which attempt to determine the efficacy of Christian Science health practices.

Gale Wilson was an autopsy surgeon for the coroner in King County, Washington, USA who studied death records in that county from 1935-1955. He (or she) found that Christian Scientists tended to die at a slightly earlier age than non-Christian scientists; that the cancer death rate for Christian Scientists was twice the national average, and that at least 6% of Christian Science deaths were medically preventable [Wil].

William Franklin Simpson conducted the study most devastating to Christian Science's health claims. He compared graduates of Principia College (a Christian Science school) to graduates of the University of Kansas, and concluded with high confidence that graduates of Principia died at an earlier age than the control group [Simp].

Yet another piece of evidence against Christian Science is its failure to protect students at Christian Science schools from disease outbreaks. For example, in 1985 a measles outbreak hit several US colleges. "Worst hit of all was Principia College of Elsah, Ill., a tiny Christian Science-affiliated school where at least 96 students have been infected and two have died, apparently from complications. (Rubeola, which tends to be more serious in adults than in children, can lead to pneumonia and encephalitis.)" [Time] Later a third student died [Shi2].

In summer 1989, 55 children came down with measles while attending a Christian Scientist summer camp. In fall 1989, 88 students at Principia Academy and 12 students at Principia College got measles [Shi2].

It happened again in 1994. This time, an infected Christian Scientist helped spread the disease to 176 people in six states [s**+]. The local medical officer was quoted as saying, "Every four or five years we have an outbreak, and everyone at Principia gets it who hasn't had it before and isn't inoculated."

Based on this evidence, there is currently no reason to believe that Christian Science treatment is effective, and reasonable evidence to believe it may actually be harmful.

Answer 3

At the very root of Christian Science healing is "healing prayer" where the person prayed for is visualized as being healed. The religion of Christian Science got its start because Mary Baker Eddy sought to explain and find system to spontaneous healing, and healing through prayer. The Christian Science Church keeps records of testimonies of healing that have been investigated and verified. These records go back to the start of the church over 100 years ago. Often this prayer is done by Christian Science Practitioners who are approved by the church.

The prayer of faith will save the sick!!!!

Answer 4

I do not know.  I had to read some of Ms Eddy's writings in a college course.   I do like the CSM Christian Science Monitor, a great paper.  I skip the last page.