[barbarianbabs]

a. rice is so overrated

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Behold, there went out a sower to sow: And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the birds of the air came and devoured it up. And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. And some fell among thorns, the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit...

[Commander X]

Ahhh...who really cares? So she writes books. Whoopie.

[agere_contra]

Rice said she is a Democrat who supports the health care legislation signed into law by President Barack Obama and believes gay marriage inevitably will be permitted throughout the country

It's kind of a relief that she's not claiming to be a Christian anymore.

[rhombus]

Wow! What a huge surprise! Another confused Democrat. Imagine that. ;-)

[kbennkc]

“I refuse to quit popularizing the notion blood drinkers are, like, so cool.”

[Old North State]

“I came to the conclusion that if I didn’t make this declaration, I was going to lose my mind...”

Sounds like the declaration came a bit too late.

[SandRat]

Enjoy Hades Anne. The boatman at the River Styx awaits you for the one way trip.

[mort56]

This and two bucks will get you on a subway.

[bronxville]

Her son is gay which led to search for justifications to leave the Church.

[bereanway]

It’s apparent Anne never did know Christ. She simply has not undergone the transformation necessary to properly deal with these issues which she claims will cause her to lose her mind. I know, as at one point nearly 30 years ago I was not unlike Anne in many ways.

[highlander_UW]

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...

When you place anything above God that is your god. that being said, Christians are pro-gay people, anti gay behavior. Who knows what she means by feminist, so I can't respond to that, but men and women are equal in God's eyes as far as I can tell. And by the birth control thing I suspect she's talking about contraceptives and likely the catholic stance on it, which I believe is the segment of Christianity she'd converted to if memory serves. She can choose to reject God, many (actually most) do...but I rather doubt she was ever really a Christian (and I'm not getting into the fore-ordination debate with that).

[randog]

"...I refuse to be anti-gay. I refuse to be anti-feminist. I refuse to be anti-artificial birth control..."

Funny things can happen when you start putting conditions on God.

[happilymarriedmom]

“Although no longer part of any denomination, she remains a believer “

So...she renounced Christianity but remains a believer? Sounds like she has one foot on earth and one in hell. Can’t have it both ways sister!

[Cicero]

Actually, her first couple of vampire books were pretty good, though not recommended for children. Then they started to go downhill, as she no longer seemed able to convey as an author that evil is, well, evil. Which I thought was the point of the earlier books.

Although I am a Catholic, I found no interest in her books about Jesus, written after conversion. I was pleased for her, but thought the books were feeble. They didn’t sell as well as the early vampire books, either.

Well, I’m sorry to hear that she has relapsed once more. Prayers for her.

[a fool in paradise]

If her problem with the church is theocratic rules then why am I being required to tythe Obamacare, a program that President Obama sold on the religious message of being “my brother’s keeper”?

[ILS21R]

1 / 2,300,0000,000 = ?

[SonOfDarkSkies]

Even though it sounds like she never came to know Yeshua in the first place, it is still an awful sight to see a person turn their back on their Salvation (and all the more so for the silly reasons she gave).

[PLD]

Strange I never thought she was a Christian..since she has written so many gloomy books I thought she was already with the dark side..

[Byron_the_Aussie]

...I came to the conclusion that if I didn't make this declaration, I was going to lose my mind...

Four personal pronouns in one sentence.

It all fits.