{"id":3261,"date":"2010-07-29T19:52:40","date_gmt":"2010-07-30T01:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jesusneedsnewpr.net\/?p=3261"},"modified":"2011-05-03T16:23:40","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T16:23:40","slug":"for-all-you-anne-rice-haters-out-there-a-status-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesusneedsnewpr\/2010\/07\/for-all-you-anne-rice-haters-out-there-a-status-update.html","title":{"rendered":"For All You Anne Rice Haters Out There: A STATUS UPDATE!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Regarding today’s earlier post<\/a>, here’s another update from Ms. Anne Rice…<\/h3>\n

“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. 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.” -Anne Rice<\/h3>\n

Yeah, I think at least a couple of you owe Ms. Rice an apology for acting like Christians that Anne doesn’t want to follow.<\/p>\n

Frankly, after reading a few of your comments, I’ve decided that I don’t want to follow some of you either.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\ude42 Love you. All of you. (Mostly all of you.)<\/p>\n

I’m human.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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