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>>Where are the "entire sects" of Christianity that believe that diseases are not caused by germs? <<

The following is a summary of the basic religious beliefs of Christian Science; it is based on an evaluation of the religious text of Christian Science, Science and Health With the Key to Scriptures (1971 edition) by Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science:

The physical body is not real; it is merely a false idea, or image of the mind - an "error" of the mind.
The only true reality is "Divine Mind," God, Love. However, according to Christian Science, there is a false state of mind called "mortal mind;" this mortal mind or false consciousness then produces the false belief that the physical world and the physical body are real. There is no reality to physical things; they are merely false thought.

Disease, evil and death are opposite to good or God. Only God is real; therefore, disease, evil and death do not exist - except as false thoughts.

Sickness occurs only because false "mortal mind" believes in the existence of the physical body and that the physical body can become sick. Disease only occurs if we believe it can occur.

Sickness, as a false thought, will cease when a person realizes the thought was false: that there can be no disease because sickness is physical and there is no reality to the physical. The only reality is Spiritual, God; God being perfect can only create perfection; man cannot be sick because sickness is imperfection and God cannot create imperfection. Sickness is a false thought. By giving up the false thought and returning to divine mind, the false thought of mortal mind, i.e. sickness, vanishes.

Source: http://www.masskids.org/dbre/dbre_a3.html

>>Where are the "entire sects" of Christianity that believe that diseases are not caused by germs? << The following is a summary of the basic religious beliefs of Christian Science; it is based on an evaluation of the religious text of Christian Science, Science and Health With the Key to Scriptures (1971 edition) by Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science:

Beg your pardon, Christian Science is a cultic spinnoff of Christianity and can ONLY be associated with Christianity because THEY chose to incorporate the word into their identity (thus in name only). They are not a part of Christianity proper.

Christian Scientists are not orthodox Christians who agree on the common set of doctrine agreed upon by traditional Roman Catholics, conservative Protestants, and Eastern Orthodox believers, as outlined by early church councils like Nicaea and Chalcedon. There are doctrinal similarities between orthodox Christians and Christian Scientists on some points, no doubt. There are also similarities between Marxists and Objectivists in the areas of metaphysics and epistemology. However, no one would ever mistake Ayn Rand for Karl Marx.

Christian Science is a cult. Is there some specific reason you guys are drawn to the cults for support?