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Did you all see the news about anne rice leaving christianity? it was on cnn.com on 7/30. I find her analysis of the difference between being a christian and following christ to be quite brilliant. Here’s the text, but you can find the article yourselves on cnn.com:

Anne Rice leaves Christianity

Legendary author Anne Rice has announced that she’s quitting Christianity.

The “Interview with a Vampire” author, who wrote a book about her spirituality titled "Called Out of Darkness: A Spiritual Confession" in 2008, said Wednesday that she refuses to be “anti-gay,” “anti-feminist," “anti-science” and “anti-Democrat.”

Rice wrote, “For those who care, and I understand if you don’t: Today I quit being a Christian … It’s simply impossible for me to ‘belong’ to this quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous group. For ten years, I’ve tried. I’ve failed. I’m an outsider. My conscience will allow nothing else.”

Rice then added another post explaining her decision on Thursday:

“My faith in Christ is central to my life. My conversion from a pessimistic atheist lost in a world I didn’t understand, to an optimistic believer in a universe created and sustained by a loving God is crucial to me," Rice wrote. "But following Christ does not mean following His followers. Christ is infinitely more important than Christianity and always will be, no matter what Christianity is, has been or might become.”

Note how she affirms her faith, yet rejects the nonsense of christianity with it’s hate and intolerance and arrogance. You can tell she’s a professional writer, I doubt it could have been said better, although maybe you’ve seen the bumper sticker that reads "Lord, protect me from your followers."

No wonder the christian church is shrinking except in the third world. Until the heart of Jesus comes back to christianity, it will continue to shrink as an organization, even though many will remain followers of Jesus. Sort of bites for the organized religion folks, don’t you think?