Although for many years my needs have been met without the use of medicine through Christian Science prayer alone, I always felt the need for novocaine or a similar anesthetic whenever I had a cavity drilled by a dentist. About six years ago, however, after making a dental appointment, a sense of protest and indignation—which I hadn’t felt before—welled up in me.
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