 Posted Tuesday, August 12, 2008 7:43 AM
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| Ananias is a Christian outreach to Christian Scientists by former Christian Scientists. The site is edited by John Andrews, whose family has been VERY influential in the Christian Science community (a family member started the Adventure Unlimited camp in CO, and other family members have held teaching and administrative postions at Principia). John served in the Colorado Senate 1998-2005 and, among other things, does a lot of political writing. John recently interviewed me via e-mail. The interview is titled An Interview with Linda Kramer and can be viewed on the blog (www.ananias.org).
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Posted Tuesday, August 12, 2008 8:28 AM
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I remember John Andrews. His uncle, who founded Adventure Unlimited, lived in Denver while my family was living there, and he and my father were golf buddies. And John's father was President of Principia while I was there. John was a speechwriter for Nixon, and wrote the speech Nixon gave when he came back from China. He resigned during the Watergate scandal, and came to the Principia campus to speak about it in 1973, while I was a sophomore. I did not know that he had left CS -- very interesting. He apparently was serving as First Reader at Sixth Church in Denver when he found Christ. Sixth Church of Denver is the branch church I grew up in, although by the time he was First Reader I had married and moved to Rhode Island.
It's hard for me to wrap my brain around the fact that I have felt very alone for 25 years since I left CS -- I really had no idea so many people I knew while I was in Science had also left it. I read your book this weekend, Linda, and it really helped me to let go of the whole religion, and I feel so much freer!
Ann
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Posted Tuesday, August 12, 2008 12:49 PM
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Ann,
It's hard for me to wrap my brain around the fact that I have felt very alone for 25 years since I left CS...
It's sort of like leaving the Borg Collective. I don't mean to sound entirely frivolous, but it's very difficult to separate from any community that is so mentally pervasive.
It does get better eventually. It's been 15 years or so since I resigned my TMC membership. While I still very much care for those I left behind, I've formed new associations with mutual foundations in Jesus Christ. I don't feel as alone as I did.
Do Go Be Man
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Posted Tuesday, August 12, 2008 3:30 PM
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Do_Go_Be_Man (8/12/2008)
Ann,
It's sort of like leaving the Borg Collective. I don't mean to sound entirely frivolous, but it's very difficult to separate from any community that is so mentally pervasive.
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Resistance is futile! 
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