 Posted Tuesday, August 05, 2008 1:20 PM
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My family always thought Spock was a CS because of that episode where he keeps chanting, "I am a Vulcan. THERE IS NO PAIN." 
Despite my leaving the church and having major problems with CS, I do have fun memories of my years at Principia. We poked fun at ourselves a lot. During the time I was there, we joked a lot about the sexual implications of one of the goals of Prin: "Coeducation to its fullest extent." Perhaps partly because of this "unScientific" attitude on the part of some of us students, (or the growing incidence of coed dorms on college campuses in the early 70's!) the administration decided in about 1972 or so that we should all sign a statement -- does anyone remember this? -- it was a statement saying we would all agree not to have premarital sex. It was quite a controversy, because some said it was overkill since we were already supposed to be practicing CSists, so why did we have to sign this statement?
Anyway, I remember my housemother had a dachsund named Max. We joked a lot about Max. Often the message board in the lobby would mysteriously have statements appear saying "Max is Error."  One day one of my dorm sisters ran in to tell the housemother that Max was violating the agreement and molesting a puppy! I'll never forget how we all laughed as the housemother raced over to rebuke Max and his violation of CS principles by having premarital sex on the lawn!
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Posted Sunday, October 19, 2008 6:46 PM
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| This message board has been about as quiet in the last few days as a Wednesday evening testimony meeting in a Christian Science church! So, just like I always wanted to do during those loooooong silences on Wednesday nights, I'll crack a joke! Milton Weinstein was asked to become a 'Christian Scientist.' He said , "No thanks, I'm a 'Jewish Scientist'---we have faith that if we fall ill, one of our doctor uncles or cousins will take care of it."
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Posted Tuesday, November 04, 2008 2:09 AM
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Posted Sunday, November 16, 2008 11:51 AM
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Good joke, but did you know there actually was a Jewish Science that was based on CS? Seriously -- check out this link:
http://www.amazon.com/Christian-Science-Jewish-Spiritual-American/dp/B000PY32JC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226861489&sr=8-2
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Posted Saturday, May 09, 2009 12:58 AM
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| This is an awesome story. My husband and I laughed and laughed. Thanks so much for sharing it.
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Posted Saturday, May 09, 2009 1:28 AM
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I am enjoying these posts, and seeing how people are thinking. My mom really was healed of medically diagnosed (and treated till there were nor more medical options) cancer. That was when she started studying CS. She had a very dim view of it till that time. My mother in law also. She was in an extended care home when she was medically diagnosed with lung cancer, and the doctor thought the chance of successful treatment was not worth the discomfort the treatment would entail. He said it would be within 2 months and a year that she had left. She asked for Christian Science treatment. After 2 years with no more symptoms, they went looking for it and couldn't find it..
But I can so understand why some people are weirded out by what they have heard in the CS churches. And I hope it will change.
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Posted Sunday, May 10, 2009 1:09 AM
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Happy Mothers' Day folks! It's still true that gratitude for what we've got clears the way to enjoy it more. May your day of rest be more special than usual, and may you find little ways to enjoy the mothering others offer you... besides being a blessing to others.
As I speak, my 25-year long buddy is on his way to pick up our son, who's ride bailed on him. You have to appreciate people who willingly jump to help like that. I know it's M-Day, but he'd do it any day, just the same. And our son just got done with a 38 hour work stint. It's good to have the work, however it comes. I hope more people find their needs being met this month, in as unconventional ways as they can appreciate. It's a weird job (virtual reality), but he loves it, and he picked it up when we went to Florida to say our final good-byes to my mom in 2006.
So put worry aside, as much as you can, and enjoy the kind of Mother's Day God would like to give you!
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Posted Friday, May 07, 2010 3:38 AM
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| just to point out there are MBE jokes.
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Posted Friday, May 07, 2010 3:38 AM
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| Another... but hey if it makes ya feel good.
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