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Hello, I’m an employee of The First Church of Christ, Scientist. British Israelism was not an influence on Eddy’s work nor did she teach it. See Peel, Robert (1977), Mary Baker Eddy: The Years of Authority, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, pp. 114-119). Would you please consider correcting this? FirsthandPOV-CCS (talk) 21:41, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

After reading Peel, Bukan, and Miller (the two sources cited and one proposed), I think the current section should be rewritten, but not entirely removed. There appears to be a difference of opinion amongst historians about Eddy's relationship with British Israelism (even Peel on pg. 118 acknowledges Eddy was "intrigued" by the theory "... the Anglo-Israel issue gradually drifted into the background of Mrs. Eddy's thinking. Although she continued to be intrigued by the theory for several years, she kept it resolultely out of her work and her writing on Christian Science.") and we should explain the different opinions instead of cutting content entirely. TulsaPoliticsFan (talk) 00:16, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@FirsthandPOV-CCS, just checking -- is your proposed change to remove the current section entirely, or some other edit? Thanks! Rusalkii (talk) 22:27, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rusalkii, my primary focus was that British Israelism is included as an influence or teaching. It was neither an influence on Eddy’s work nor did she teach it. FirsthandPOV-CCS (talk) 21:43, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I believe the "sources may not be reliable" on Mary Baker Eddy's page is erroneous...

First off, MBE was one of the most influential women to ever live, so of course any source (save clearly BAD sources, which there aren't any) is reliable, but every source I can see is from a known and reliable biography or article. To ensure this problem - that was never a problem in my eyes - is "fixed", I've added a couple more notable sources to the first paragraph. But as I can see it, every paragraph is backed up by one of her very well known biographers over the last 100 years. I just really don't understand the person who flagged this page in the first place - if you are here, I'd love to hear your perspective. If I don't hear any opposing arguments I'm obliged to remove it at some point in the near future. Gregorcollins (talk) 22:48, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I believe the tag is there because a lot of the sourcing is church (Christian Science) or church-friendly scholars. Peel, Bates, and Dittemore were all members of the church she founded. Gill's biography has also been criticized. See here. TulsaPoliticsFan (talk) 23:43, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]