Anne Rice leaving Christianity

Almost a couple of years after we learned that Anne Rice left Christianity, here are a couple of update interviews where she talks about how she feels about organized religion and her reasons for leaving Christianity.

http://www.annerice.com/Chamber-Christianity.html

In her original coming out statement, she declared:

Today I quit being a Christian.  I'm out ... 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.  In the name of Christ, I quit Christianity and being a Christian, Amen.

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Permalink Reply by Sentient Biped on March 16, 2012 at 5:40pm

Oh sex - I like that!

Permalink Reply by Joan Denoo on March 16, 2012 at 2:11pm

I didn't know that Anne had left Christianity and I was surprised when she announced that she was a Christian. Her statement is clear as to why she left and many of us share her opinions and have made the same decision.

Now that we have denounced religion as a way of life, we can speak our own truth, listen to others and explore together the ways we can live with full appreciation of our full humanity. Living without religion is not a lack of anything and I can't make the statement so many make. I am an atheist and I lack nothing because of it. 

Permalink Reply by Dorris Journeay on March 16, 2012 at 3:01pm

Hmmm...is there some profit-making notoriety in there somewhere, I wonder?  I note that she didn't say she doesn't believe in God, just that she doesn't like organized religion.

Permalink Reply by Joan Denoo on March 16, 2012 at 4:15pm

Oh! She gets the non-believing-believers and the non-believing-non-believers.  Good strategy

Permalink Reply by Richard ∑wald on March 16, 2012 at 4:19pm

This is the best thread ever….

Permalink Reply by Richard ∑wald on March 16, 2012 at 5:17pm

This is what she said:

"I remain committed to Christ as always but not to being "Christian" or to being part of Christianity. It's simply impossible for me to "belong" to this quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous group." 

Let's see, what would you think if someone from this site tried to get away with...

“I quit being an atheist. I refuse to be a dick. I refuse to treat religion with contempt. I refuse to be anti-clergy. I refuse to be anti-Republican. I am done with atheism!

Oh, and by the way, I don’t believe in god."

It's just as disingenuous and hypocritical. 

It reminds me of this cartoon:

Permalink Reply by Joan Denoo on March 16, 2012 at 5:59pm

Bingo!

Permalink Reply by Richard ∑wald on March 16, 2012 at 6:09pm

Uh oh, …now I have to figure out a self-refuting bingo metaphor…

Wait! …there's no Jesus in bingo!

See?!?!?

Permalink Reply by Joan Denoo on March 16, 2012 at 7:18pm

"Personally, I find atheists just as anoying as fundamentalist Christians."

"Well, the important thing is that you've found a way to feel superior to both."

Let me think a minute. It is not that I feel superior to Christians, it is that I do not support laws that violate my basic human rights. A woman's health and safety comes before that of her pregnancy and she has the right to terminate it with the counsel of her medical professionals.

Women have the right to be in charge of their bodies and are fully capable of making decisions without interference.  

Permalink Reply by Richard ∑wald on March 16, 2012 at 7:25pm

"It is not that I feel superior to Christians"

…like Anne Rice does.

Permalink Reply by Richard ∑wald on March 16, 2012 at 6:11pm

Oh great, my last post paged away from it's straight-line into top of the page WTF?! land.

Permalink Reply by Richard ∑wald on March 16, 2012 at 6:12pm

Meh

Continuity's over-rated.

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