Anne Rice is a Christian!!!

I am disgusted.

I just finished “The Vampire Lestat” by Anne Rice.  It is the second book in the Vampire Chronicles.  Yes, I know, elite intellectuals scoff at Anne Rice.  People think she writes soft porn fantasy.  People are wrong.

The Vampire Chronicles are fascinating psychological journeys.  Imaginative and going straight to the heart of the most important questions in the world.

Tired of being sneered at by “intellectual” types, I finally googled Anne Rice to see if there was something out there on the Internet that I was missing.  I immediately came up on “The Official Anne Rice Homepage.” It’s disgusting.

The blog has 2 essays.  The first is an endorsement of Hillary Clinton.  The second is a defense of her work, in light of the fact that she converted to Christianity in 2002.  I’m not sure which essay was more revolting to me.

I’m an atheist, but I’m not a religion hater.  It’s just that it kills me to see someone fall from rationality and stop asking all the important questions.  Anne Rice understands history and understands the deepest questions that torment human beings, and now she’s accepted a ridiculous explanation…..and she’s devoting her talents towards spreading her explanation to the world!

I’ll try to articulate this more clearly later.

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    Hey Chris

    I have to say that Im a fan of Anne Rices works and have been for a while. I myself "became a Christian" 10 years ago so I guess I have a bit of empathy for her.
    I have to say that Im glad that athiets are coming out and are being more bold about it. I live in Britain where religion in general doesnt have any political hold and is generally a secular society so that when I say Im a Christian, people know I am a nutcase rather than a fundamentalist creationist or right wing political hothead.
    I have read Sam Harries works and Richard Dawkins and found them to be compelling though I would still argue that I have fallen from rationality and that Anne Rice has. Im sure if you read her books then you will see that there is a clear psychological journey to where she is now. I would be the first to admit that having faith in God requires a veering away from pure scientific thought but this thought will not, I feel, lead to entirely satisfactory conclusions. I dont have a day when I stop asking all important questions and I feel compelled to challenge my faith and to be proved wrong every day.
    You have my deepest sympathies living amoungst the flurry of fundamentalism that permeates your country where people dont challenge their faith and live in protective social bubbles, inpenetrable to outside views, where creationists are babbling their nonsense nonscience and hatemongers attack gays. You have met people like this but I would still argue that they are the minority of believers, but the media will always lap them up because they make stiring reporting. There are voices of reason that represent Christians, but you have to dig for them - Greg Boyd is one.
    At the end of the day Im am not a believer because of Christians or the institutions that would call themselves churches - I am a believer in Christ.
    I would urge you to read her latest book "Christ the Lord" without preconceptions as it is excellently researched and written. Certainly reads Queen of the damned and the Tale of the body thief.
    If youve made it this far, you are less tired than me.
    Cheers
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    You say that it just kills you to see someone fall from rationality and stop asking the important question, but to say that shows your prejudice. Have you ever stopped to ask a 'rational' Christian why they believe or do you simply assume all Christians are ignorant non-thinking, dim witted automatons? I suggest you look up the word apologetics. Perhaps it was by asking the important questions that Anne Rice found faith .. i.e. a belief in something greater than mere materialism.
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    Honestly, I completely agree. I read Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles growing up, and I have to say that Anne Rice's convert to Christianity disturbs me. I think it is fair to say that she feels guilty in her old age about what she has written in the past--(if you know Anne Rice, you know what I'm talking about)--I know that most people find some comfort in Christianity as a religion. I believe that atheism is not for the weak of heart or mind; it is for those that cannot find satisfying faith in their everyday lives. I remember visiting her website before 2002...and it was a nice, clean, informative webpage like any other author's. Now it is crowded with animated graphics quoting Bible verses and spewing information about her newest memoir, (dedicated to her new life as a Christian).

    It's just so strange!
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    Concerning your comment chiding Ann Rice about "falling from her rationality". Maybe she indeed held on to her rationale and just decided it would be wise to explore the truth. She at least had the courage to ask the questions and find the answers. Some people are too afraid to even question what causes the torment of human beings and to have the "audacity to hope" to find the truth. There are answers and there is ONE who is very willing to give those answers but if narrow minded human beings are too locked into their strongholds and do not question how to get out, then the answer is not going to be forced onto someone who really is too stubborn, arrogant or "whatever" to pursue the truth at all costs even if it means letting go of their lifelong system of beliefs. Ann Rice has walked out of the darkness into the LIGHT and TRUTH.
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    Anne Rice is an excellent author and she has great writings that influence other people.
 
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