Do you understand the difference between Christians who are scientists, and Christian Scientists?

As a Christian, my first thought when I hear "Christian Scientist" is the psycho, anti-medical, let your kid die of pneumonia, nut jobs.

Elaboration would help, or just "Scientists that are Christian."

They may share some similar beliefs (I don't know, I'm not an expert). However, the Christian Scientists are Christian. That means they believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and will come again to save the faithful. Scientologists believe in the concept introduced in L Ron Hubbard's book "Dianetics" that all human souls are really aliens and Earth is some kind of prison with all of human history being falsified by some intergalactic super-villain.

Christian Scientists are whackjobs.

Scientists, don't normally identify themselves as a specific religion.

Edit: Notice how I wrote it? Christian Scientist because it's a proper name of a group of people. Scientist is only capitalized at the beginning of a sentence. Again, scientists don't normally identify their religious beliefs.

Well, of course. There are plenty of Christian Scientists around here. I don't mistake them for holding Ph.D. degrees in physics. They're not literal scientists. However, I do have a number of Christian friends (not Christian Scientists) who do, in fact, hold graduate degrees in various scientific disciplines (astronomy, physics, biology and more).

There are far more Christian Scientists than scientists who are christians.

Mary Baker Eddy was just one of MANY ~whatevers~ of that age.

Yes, we understand the difference, but I'm sure that you can understand the confusion as when you say Christian scientists- it's kind of ambiguous as to which you are referring.

I do not consider so called Christian Scientists to be a valid form of Christianity!Was this Cult not started by Mary Baker Eddie?

Is this not the Cult that disbelieves in God's work through Doctors and vaccines? Are you not Vegans who Ignore God's directive to eat Meat

after the flood?

Have you not followed after the way of the other Cults of Hitler?

Of course I understand the difference.

In the 40's when polio killed so many, a Christian Science couple refused to take their child to a Dr. They took her to church. By the way although many of the children who had medical care did die, they at least had a chance, which that other little girl did not.

To my understanding Christian Scientists are Scientists who study Christianity, Christians CAN be sscientists, but they are just titled scientist. I hope I made sense.

Christian Science is a sect of Christianity established by Mary Baker Eddy. They don't believe in using medicine, but believe that faith can heal the body.

As for Christians scientists, especially those that believe in some form of ID theory, I think it's ridiculous, and I do believe that their faith, in some ways, clouds their judgment. But, then again, anybody's opinions can bias their work.