I was reading an article recently - it's about a month old now, but I just found it (sorry!). In essence, the Church of Scientology in Boston is buying an old building in the South End, and plans to renovate it, and is going to move out of their location in the Back Bay once that's done. Article is linked here.
On the first read of the article, I thought, oh, that's nice, they'll be renovating an old building. Then my mind started reeling. Wait a sec! They're moving out of the Back Bay? But they've got that huge complex! I assume they'll keep the church, and maybe the library, but are they going to sell the office buildings? They've got this whole motif thing going, and they're going to renovate a hotel and move in there?
I was, in short, very distraught.
A moment later, it occurred to me that I was confusing Scientology with Christian Science. The Scientologists will be moving to the South End. The Christian Scientists will stay in the Back Bay.
Remember when I toured the Mother Church of Christian Science? I thought the disclaimer at the beginning of the tour (we have no affiliation with the Church of Scientology) was not only needless, but a sad comment on our society. Well, it turns out that even I get them confused. So that disclaimer is still a sad comment, but apparently not needless.
Don't forget to catch Mormania!
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