Your Thoughts Re: Author of the Vampire Novels, 'Anne Rice leaves Christianity' (426 hits)
Los Angeles Times staff writer Mitchell Landsberg had an interview with the vampire writer -- namely Anne Rice, who has stirred up a great deal of debate and emotion with her recent public expressions regarding faith and religion. Here's an excerpt from the article that ran this weekend...
The author Anne Rice, best known for her vampire novels, made waves last week when she declared on her Facebook page that she had "quit being a Christian." Twelve years after her return to Catholicism, Rice said she still believed in God, but that, "In the name of Christ, I refuse to be anti-gay. I refuse to be anti-feminist. I refuse to be anti-artificial birth control. I refuse to be anti-Democrat. I refuse to be anti-secular humanism. I refuse to be anti-science. I refuse to be anti-life."
I saw Don Lemon's interview with her on CNN last night and it appears that she's objecting to the "hatred" that the church has inflicted on these various issues. She said she had people from the church responding to her on her facebook page saying she shouldn't make comments about Pope Benedict and asked her what kind of Catholic was she. Her response was to let them know she quit their group if that was the bigger issue for them. She says she hasn't left God so I suppose that's the most important thing!
Monday, August 9th 2010 at 4:16PM
Jen Fad
Me, too. I've left the church for a "season" and came back to a totally different denomination which I think suits me better.
Monday, August 9th 2010 at 5:57PM
Jen Fad
