Friday, January 16, 2009

Gilt Trips?

A naive and foolish optimism had some of us hoping that by now the Board of Directors in Boston would have realized in spades that corner-cutting and indulging in a shameless deshabille where our Leader, her priceless Discovery, and moral issues are concerned is a low-profit, bottom-feeding enterprise. What may have once returned a grubby, but worthwhile, profit no doubt yields less in these hard and faithless times. But as one sows, he reaps.

An unverified report said the Board's primus inter pares was recently on a working vacation in Florida, possibly sport fishing for some trophy catches from well-stocked larders and IRAs in order to maintain financially the Board's indefensible silence and cushy sinecures. One wonders wistfully how different the financial situation in Boston might have been if Principle and the Church Manual had been cleaved to instead. The price for a deal with the devil is dear for the buyers and beggars our precious Church.

It certainly looks to those who have their hopeful faces pressed outside against the cold window that the goats who were so warmly welcomed into the fold with the sheep have shown their gratitude and love for Mary Baker Eddy more with their solipsistic caterwauling (apologies for the mixed metaphor) than their checkbooks. One must assume that for the Board of Directors, thumbing their noses insolently at the irony of it, that silence is indeed "gilt" and pays the kind of wages they crave. As the adage says, silence is golden.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good for you, for saying what so many of us have felt for years! Love that you bring out the awfulness of a casual attitude toward our priceless Christian Science, not to mention disrepect toward our Leader to get the "goats" in the fold. And for what?! To get subscriptions from these people, and contributions, hopefully, to the Church coffers.
I agree with you, blogger, one hundred per cent, that if Principle and the Manual had been adhered to, there would absolutely be no money worries.
Thank you, thank you!

Anonymous said...

Well done. You are so good at articulating what many of us out here think. Precisely why I'm not contributing right now, and will not until the BOD gets back on the right track.
Thanks (and for teaching me a couple of new words!)

Anonymous said...

Dear Blogger,
I found this website via Andrew Hartsook's latest "Banner" and so glad I have read 4 of your blogs as of now. Thank you for being so devoted to Christian Science. Your love for the Truth just shines out of what you write.
God bless you for speaking out on vital issues.

Anonymous said...

When I think of where I would be without Mrs. Eddy's "priceless Discovery" (not here commenting on our blog for sure!), I applaud anyone who brings wrongdoing into the sunlight--if not downright immorality.
Keep up your inspiring work!

Anonymous said...

Ditto all of the above comments. What Mary Baker Eddy has given the world at God's directing is far too precious not to fight for--in every way we can.
Your website is an influence for good, and I wish you continuing success in your outreach to the world.
Good job.

Anonymous said...

Heartfelt thanks to you, blogger, for standing up for our blessed Cause. God has blessed me so abundantly for so many years that I can never be grateful enough to Him for leading my family into the study of Christian Science. Never!

Anonymous said...

Terrific title you've chosen. Says so much, given the controversy swirling around Ms. Trammell right now. I'm really enjoying this blog, and can assure you that you're being widely read out there.
Thanks for doing this...

Anonymous said...

It is so encouraging to me to see an adherent of our religion who loves it enough to start a blog and stand up for Christ, Truth. You are inspiring and strengthening many, I feel certain.
God bless your giving.

Anonymous said...

So grateful for this website which has the interests of Christian Science at heart. Very inspiring to me, I can tell you.
Many thanks from here, friend

Anonymous said...

You are so right on with your blog posts. Yes, the Church our dear Leader established is precious, and we must do all we can to see that it is upheld in its purity and Christly power to bless mankind.

Anonymous said...

And want to comment on your next to latest as well. So well put, and as a friend of mine is used to saying, to get to the bottom of many things, think about "money" - which in many cases is the reason people do what they do. If Boston had hewed to the line and upheld what our Leader left to the world I feel certain supply would have poured in. Gratitude for healing, overwhelming desire to repay all they had gained from CS, caused people in the early days to pour out contributions. It would do so today were things being done in an upright, honest way.
Many thanks to you for sharing.