Dying the Christian Science way: the horror of my father’s last days

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The long read: The anti-medical dogma of Christian Science led my father to an agonising death. Now the church itself is in decline – and it can’t happen fast enough

When I was a baby, my grandfather delighted me by playing a game. He made a fist sandwich, fingers laced together and hidden in his palms, showing me his thumbs closed upon them. Slowly, he would say, “Here’s the church, and here’s the steeple,” raising his index fingers together to form a peak.

 

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Absolutely stunned

We get it, you were/are in pain. I feel for you. So crazy how I hear your experience similar to life-long scientist but not to ppl who just come across it. I’m grateful my experience is nowhere near yours. I’m also grateful that I was taught to understand that it’s ok to take...

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