I have to admit, I have never read Anne Rice... not being a big fan of vampire stories. Pretty much all I know about her is that... she is a famous writer, whose novels deal primarily with vampires... And somewhere, I think I read that she was a Christian, which surprised me for some reason!
Anyhow, she's in the news again and this time with a bit of a spectacular headline..."Anne Rice Leaves Christianity"... Eh, said I, what's this about... So I took a look at the article below and learned that she refuses to be “anti-gay,” “anti-feminist", “anti-science” and “anti-Democrat.” Wow... that's a pretty powerful commentary on Christianity... I wonder though if her voice will be heard or if it will just be swept under the rug... Interesting too that she is a Roman Catholic... correction... "was" a Roman Catholic... Yes, yes, I know that you can never "undo" baptism but still... She has made a choice, and one that is sending her off in a direction that many will condemn. I've read up a bit on her here and... I might have to start reading her books as they seem to have a deep theology to them... Could be interesting... In the meantime, courage to all who choose to leap into the wild unknown and follow their conscience rather than blind obedience...
http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2010/07/30/anne-rice-leaves-christianity/?hpt=T2
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Why are you a Christian/Catholic?
I wonder if it isn't sinful to be a catholic. The 'Church' apologizes to women, homosexuals etc and remains the same, if not worse these days or at least in this Diocese.
All I can do is remain true to Jesus' teaching and remember that God IS love. To help me continue the journey god seems to place in my path priests like Richard, francois and others esp from RTS.
Many FN people give guidance including some who have passed on..and i miss interaction with FN people
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