That is a very interesting analysis. It makes me wonder if anyone has ever analyzed the theology in King’s novels. Not just Desperation and The Stand, but all of them. I wonder what his composite theological worldview, as depicted in his fiction, looks like. Also, he hasn’t always been quite this liberal, has he? Isn’t he trending further moonbat left as he ages? Or am I just out of the loop?
I don't know if anybody has tried to really analyze his works. Probably, but I've never looked. I wouldn't be curious enough to read it if anybody had. I don't read his books to gain any kind insight into anything, although some things he's written have really made me think, like just how nasty an out-of-control government can become, in Firestarter.
FWIW, even back when ‘Carrie’ was his first novel-hit, the religious ‘Mother’ was painted as a freak and was literally ‘crucified’ when Carrie realized the full extent of her psychic powers. (We must all ‘kill’ our ‘Mothers’ in one form or another - a theme as old as Time, blah, blah, blah...)
Nah. He’s always had ‘issues’ with religion, LOL!