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This content was originally published July 29, 2010. … Anne Rice made a highly public statement about her religious opinions. … “For those who care, and I understand if you don’t: Today I quit being a Christian. I’m out. 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. For ten …years, I’ve tried. I’ve failed. I’m an outsider. My conscience will allow nothing else.” wed 07-29-1:36 pm …
“As I said below, 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 Christian. Amen.” 07-29-1:41 pm … “My faith in Christ is central to my life. My conversion from a pessimistic atheist lost in a world I didn’t understand, to an optimistic believer in a universe created and sustained by a loving God is crucial to me. But following Christ does not mean following His followers. Christ is infinitely more important than Christianity and always will be, no matter what Christianity is, has been, or might become.” 07-29-5:30 pm …
… I added a few thoughts. 1 – Who cares? A part of Jesus worship that is disgusting is the assumption that anyone else cares whether or not you are a true believer. This co exists with the idea that the you are entitled to know about the beliefs of other people. There are people who think that their beliefs are their business. Just because you are a famous writer, that knows the value of publicity, does not mean your opinions about God are more valuable than mine. …
… 2 – Does Ms. Rice have a new book coming out soon? She does have a talent for publicity and marketing. The woods are full of talented authors. It takes work to hone this talent into marketable product. She then persuaded a publisher to take a chance selling her product, and got the public to buy truckloads of her books. This does not make her opinions about God more valuable than mine. …
… 3 – Jesus has mutated over time into the poster boy of this obscene religion. Maybe the “real Jesus” was anti gay, pro war, and anti thought. Maybe 2000 years ago the living person named Jesus had these highfalutin ideas about love thy neighbor. That is what the Bible says. For all we know, the historic Jesus was just as nasty as his worshipers are today. … The way to know Jesus is through his believers. The putrid spectacle of modern Christianity is what the spirit of Jesus has morphed into. …
… To say that you are pro Christ and Anti Christian is double talk, like hate the sin/love the sinner. Why not dispute the belief, and be kind to the believer? … I do not know what led Anne Rice to this impasse. I do not care. Anne Rice is a talented writer, that is enjoyed by millions of people. The only Anne Rice book that I read was “Interview With The Vampire”. I got 150 pages into it, and found it very powerful. It was taking me places I did not want to go. I did not finish IWTV. …
… Jesus has not been kind to me. His worshipers have heaped abuse on me. After a while, it does not make sense to find excuses for Jesus. If Jesus truly pays the price for the sins of his believers, then he should take the blame for this loud, hateful flock. And Anne Rice should quit talking about Jesus, and get back to writing books. … Anne Rice died December 11, 2021. … Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. Marion Wolcott Post took the social media picture in November 1939. “Untitled photo, possibly related to: Itinerant preacher spreading “religion” to farmers outside warehouse while tobacco auction sales are going on. Durham, North Carolina” · selah ©Luther Mckinnon 2025