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I heard that Christian Scientists dont have to send proof to the government to get social security disability benefits. Also I heard that Christian Science Practitioners can write sick notes to get people out of work and prolly school too despite having no medical education. I read that Mary Baker Eddy who was the founder of the Christian Science church instructed Practitioners to charge the same for their treatment as actual medical doctors. Also the Christian Scientists have their own nursing homes that get paid with taxpayer dollars through medicare.

I dont think these nursing homes have any actual doctors and real nurses in them.I learned that Christian Scientists can get medical care if it does not offend their conscious. Christian Science was a hip religion in Hollywood in the early part of the 20th Century much like Scientology was in the 80's and 90's and 2000's. I learned a lot of this information on youtube and other sites. It was quite interesting.

Note:I dont mean scientists like geologists who happen to be Christian....this is a actual religion called Christian Science.I am upset that they dont have to prove they are disabled to get on disability.This is just what I heard.I tried researching it but I was not able to confirm it.I dont understand why a few religions get even more protection and benefits under federal law than what all the other religions get.
Also Christian Science Practitioners dont have to pay into Social Security and Medicare with their income from their religious
medical treatments.Christian Scientists have their own nursing school but Christian Science nurses are nowhere near the level of regular nurses. I hear they dont even take anatomy classes.

It looks like the Christian Scientists have one loop-hole--they may refuse medical treatments that might make them able to work

https://www.disabilitybenefitscenter.or ... y-benefits

As a committed student of Christian Science and a cervical stroke survivor who is now quadriplegic, I can tell you without hesitation that Christian Scientists do not get a free pass for disability services or insurance (SSDI).

Yes - a Christian Science Practitioner CAN write a letter for school or work - but applicants for SSDI or other gov't services require the same thing as an atheist, jew, methodist, muslim, baha i, agnostic, presbyterian, pentacostal.

No one is gaming the system. If anything, respectfully, it is much harder as lengthy medical records to "prove" one suffers from one disability or another rarely exist and the cost to acquire them are astronomical.

So there's no favouritism when it comes to benefits certification, but there is in the special case of refusing medical interventions that would render a person capable of work?

If so, I'm against that morally, and my preferred solution is to universally ditch the requirement for accepting medical interventions. I can't imagine it'll encourage much benefit fraud, and on the rare occasion that a person is so desperate for benefits that they make themselves ill by refusing treatment, compassion dictates that you don't leave them to starve. My solution would also stop the practice of forcing potentially harmful medical interventions on people who are afraid of them. I'm against the practice of doing that just to prop people up so they can work for an employer. It might become more of an issue in future because methods for cheaply and regularly determining who's taking their tablets and who isn't are being developed. Currently I think a lot of people accept strong and dodgy psych meds but only take them if a blood test or whatever is coming up.