The Resume

(July 16, 1821-December 3, 1910)
Creator of Christian Science
Founded the newspaper 'Christian Science Monitor'
Founded the magazine 'Christian Science Journal'
Wrote 'Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures (1867)'

Why she might be annoying:

She was twice widowed and once divorced.
After severe injury, she claimed the Bible and her faith in God cured her.
She then founded an entire religion based upon this personal experience she thought she had.
She renounced modern medicine and medical treatment, and encouraged others to do the same.
She repeatedly claimed it was a sin to seek medical help, and if a person happened to get sick, it was God's will.
Untold amounts of children have died because of her religion's stance against blood transfusions and medication for slight illnesses.
She might have stolen her ideas from a quack doctor who once treated her with his 'magnetic fluid.'
She was terrified of being 'mentally murdered' by her enemies.
There was nothing scientific about her religion.

Why she might not be annoying:

Her second husband cheated on her openly.
She spent three years reading the Bible while developing her religion.
Her religion is dropping in numbers (probably from routine infections).
She somehow lived to be 89.
Her secular newspaper 'Christian Science Monitor' has won six Pulitzer prizes.

Credit: Captain Howdy

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Captain Howdy's Profiles [Series 5]
• God Spoke to Me
• I am a Christian Scientist
• I am a Karen
• I am a New Englander
• I Died in 1910 (Ranked: 89)
• I Started My Own Religion
• I Was Hot For My Student
• Newspaper Journalists/Editors/Publishers
• People with John or Mary in their Names
• Profiles 17751-18000 (Ranked: 17790)
• Religious Icons
• Smithsonian’s 100 Most Significant Americans of All Time [2015] (Ranked: 7)
• Teetotalers

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 23 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 17 Votes: 94.12% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 26 Votes: 19.23% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 30 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 30 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 51 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 50 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 79 Votes: 56.96% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 171 Votes: 81.29% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 24 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 93 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 70 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 79 Votes: 74.68% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 97 Votes: 74.23% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 205 Votes: 56.10% Annoying