Well, some stars like Amanda Bynes use technology like Twitter to tell the world they are retiring. Some stars like Kelsey Grammar announce the end of his marriage. But today Anne Rice became the first pop culture figure I know that decided to break up with Christians, and she did it using facebook.
On her official website she posted the following announcement via her facebook feed this afternoon:"I quit being a Christian. I'm out. 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. I refuse to be anti-life. In the name of ...Christ, I quit Christianity and being Christian. Amen."
I am not sure what sparked this outburst or if it is just a rant that will later be tempered with something else a little less emotional. I know that she has long spoken out in interviews that she struggles with some of the Catholic Church's stands on issues . But she has also eloquently spoken out about her deep spiritual need for Christ.
I understand this statement does not say she has stopped believing in Christ but I also feel that the words are a pretty broad indictment of Christians and Christianity. There has been and always will be those within any religious group that do harm in the name of faith and truth. A woman as bright and articulate as Rice should surely know that not all Christians fit the unflattering portrait she painted in her post.
What do you think of Anne's break-up news? Specifically, is this another example of a way that social networking makes it too easy to create drama instead of dialogue?
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Yeah, because I know loads of Christians who would go around hacking womens' noses off as per the time magazine cover. Nadina, get a grip on reality. Christians like the Taliban? Think about it.
It's unfortunate that she seems to have heard some of these views without, it seems, some better explanation, etc..Also needed for her I think is that Catholicism is just one section of Christendom.
The truth is that homosexuality IS wrong, but God still loves and died for homosexuals as much as any other sinner. God is not "anti homosexual" but He does say that homosexuality is a sin. the "birth control" issue is a weird one unique to Catholicism and I think they are wrong on that.
A big issue is the abortion issue though, and oddly enough she talks about not wanting to be "anti life" anymore and yet sounds like she also supports the Democrats. Considering the pro choice stance of democrats and how willing they are to let babies be murdered, this seems like an odd point of view.
i beleive it was ted turner who said all religeons have been test tried and failed. ravi zacherias told him christianity was tested found to be difficult and left un tried. Jesus said a man after setting his hands to the plow and looking back is not fit for the kingdom of God. at times none of us are. it is a difficult travel. but one that is well worth it. the real problem hewre is accountability and who is in charge of the rules.it seems we want to tell God all the time what He can say and do and think, doesnt that mean we are exaulting ourselves and our morals and beliefs above God's
? Some time we have to accept what God says without understanding, knowing that God wants and knows what is best for us all. If he isnt LOrd over everything we see say and do then he really isnt lord at all. Faith has to fill in the voids where our knowledge fails.
Good For Anne, the blinders have been removed and she is now truly free. No longer constrained by the views and beleifs of others, she is free to be herself, to follow the values she loves and stand by her moral compass. There are some chruches that spout nothing but hate for anyone that does not conform to that same hate. Entire Christian organizations that boycott businesses that support gay and lesbian groups. How many pro-lifers fire bomb clinics and murder abortion doctors?
The real kicker is most of the holidays and rituals performed in churches don't even have anything to do with God. Christmas and Easter for example, they are Pagan holidays stolen by the church to manipulate the masses to conform. And when that didnt work they just murdered and mamed.
It baffles me how so many can worship manipulated stories that are built on fear and terror. People are Free to love, hope and worship whom they like, but to judge those that do not feel they way do is dispicable and cruel. Good for Anne for finally figuring that out on her own.
For the rest of you who might share her confusion: She was never a true Christian. The catholic church isn't mentioned in the Bible. To become a Christian, people we told to simply
BELIEVE that Jesus is God's Son.Gal.3:26
REPENT of their past sins.Acts 17:30
CONFESS to others that you believe: Rom. 10:10
BE BAPTIZED, going down into water, being immersed
for the forgiveness of their sins. Acts 2:28, following.
RISING TO WALK A NEW LIFE.
These things do matter or God would not have bothered
to give us instructions.
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