As one who was semi-raised up (we were converted after my mother was converted) in the Christian Science church, I would be willing to swear by all that's holy that CS prayer did absolutely nothing to abate, let alone cure, my childhood asthma attacks. Neither did it help my sister when she was suffering from a raging tooth ache.

Mary Baker was a money-grubbing crackpot whose doctrines must not be endorsed by tax-payer money.