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Vampire Novelist Anne Rice Quits Christianity

'Interview With a Vampire' author turned off by church

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 30, 2010 1:43 AM CDT | Updated Jul 30, 2010 6:51 AM CDT

(Newser) – Novelist Anne Rice has quit Christianity for the second time. The Interview With a Vampire author—who had renewed her Catholic faith in recent years and penned a spiritually-themed memoir—says that while her faith in Christ is still strong, she's been turned off Christianity by the church's attitudes on social issues, by Catholic sex scandals, and the excommunication of a nun who approved a life-saving abortion.

"In the name of Christ, I quit Christianity and being a Christian," Rice wrote on her Facebook page. "I came to the conclusion that if I didn't make this declaration, I was going to lose my mind," she tells AP. Rice, who's currently working on her Songs of the Seraphim fiction series, says she has no plans to return to writing about vampires, although she's a big fan of True Blood and the Twilight movies.

In this April 25, 2006 file photo, writer Anne Rice arrives to the opening night of the new Broadway musical Lestat, in New York.
In this April 25, 2006 file photo, writer Anne Rice arrives to the opening night of the new Broadway musical "Lestat," in New York.   (AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh, file)
Author Anne Rice gives an interview at her home in San Diego in 2005.
Author Anne Rice gives an interview at her home in San Diego in 2005.   (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi,File)
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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. - Anne Rice

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Ultraworld
Jul 30, 2010 3:35 PM CDT
I am a Christian, but I don't understand why there's a dozen different Churches when there is just one Bible. It's nuts. And I can't blame anyone wanting to get away from a Church that protects child molesters.
Mr.C
Jul 30, 2010 2:05 PM CDT
Christianity does not equal the Catholic "Church." Non-denominational Christians don't have this hierarchy of f-ups before you "connect" w/ God.
DGCA
Jul 30, 2010 11:09 AM CDT
Go her. I like how she's holding on to her beliefs and denouncing the church.

 
Catholic Church • Christianity • Catholicism • author • Anne Rice • Interview With a Vampire

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