Author Rice ‘quits’ Christianity
By WENNSunday, August 1, 2010
INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE author ANNE RICE has turned her back on Christianity after becoming troubled by recent controversies surrounding the church.
The writer, whose gothic novel inspired the hit Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise movie of the same name, has been a follower of the faith for years and released her memoir, Called Out of Darkness: A Spiritual Confession, in 2008.
But on Wednesday (28Jul10), Rice stunned fans on her Facebook.com page when she posted a note which read: “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.
“In the name of… Christ, I quit Christianity and being Christian. Amen.”
Rice admits she has harboured doubts about her religion for the past two to three years following the revelations of certain scandals involving the church, particularly allegations of child abuse, and she felt compelled to make a personal stand by declaring she was no longer a Christian.
She tells the Associated Press, “I believed for a long time that the differences, the quarrels among Christians didn’t matter a lot for the individual, that you live your life and stay out of it. But then I began to realise that it wasn’t an easy thing to do.
“I came to the conclusion that if I didn’t make this declaration, I was going to lose my mind.”
