Christian science and the perversion of quantum physics

Skeptic | January 1, 1999| | Copyright

THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE RELIGION has long suffered membership losses and criticism for its stance on refusal of medical treatment. In recent years, however, the Christian Science Church has gained new momentum from its interpretation of quantum physics, a point of view supported by some physicists sympathetic to the church. Since most of its members hardly understand even classical physical science, let alone the "weirdness" posed by quantum theory (I should know since I was raised as a Christian Scientist), this coupling of religion with the world of the subatomic is somewhat shocking. In an ...

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