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Fortunately Deborah Gyapong beat me to it. She says it nicely here in The stage Anne Rice is going through as she ditches Christianity.
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Obligatory blog on Anne Rice "leaving" Christianity
Fortunately Deborah Gyapong beat me to it. She says it nicely here in The stage Anne Rice is going through as she ditches Christianity.
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"Amiable agnostics will talk cheerfully about 'man's search for God.' To me, as I then was, they might as well have talked about the mouse's search for the cat. " - C. S. Lewis
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ReplyDeleteYes, Anne Rice is to be pitied -- and prayed for.
I have to admit, that when I read her confessional book a few months ago, Called Out of Darkness: A Spiritual Confession, on how/why she returned to Christianity after many years in an atheistic wilderness, I was somewhat uncomfortable by many of her assumptions and faulty reasoning. At that time, however, she was somewhat humble in saying that although she didn't agree with the Church's teaching on some things (in particular, gay relationships [her son is gay] and women's roles in the Church) the Church might be right, she just wasn't sure.
But, now she's come out swinging! I can't say I'm surprised, given my qualms when reading how she was called out of darkness and sensing that her conversion was only partial and not totally grounded in orthodoxy. I felt that she was still in some darkness (aren't we all?) about the Church and wondered if she would find the kind of counsel needed to learn humility and obedience, the only way we can fully embrace God's Truth.
I'm sad that Rice has "given up" on Christian orthodoxy and has fallen prey to all sorts of heresies: 'nothing new under the sun. Given that the Church is the Body of Christ, it's impossible to "quit being a Christian," and yet remain "committed to Christ." This is an oxymoron. All of Rice's vampire books (which I haven't read, nor will I read) put a creepy spin on her turning her back on God's greatest gift to the world: the Body of Christ, His Church.
Kyrie Eleison.