It's all over the internet that AnneRice has had it with Christians, but still claims to love Christ.
I know how she feels. As Sister Agnetis our cook in Africa used to say: Da heck with dose old schticks: Dey can drive you nuts.
But maybe Rice should take a lesson from another Southern writer about the problem: Flannery O'Connor, who was under no delusion that Christians too often were hypocrites who think they are perfect instead of realizing they are sinners who need grace...
"All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful."
— Flannery O'Connor (The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor)
IfFlanneryhadablog has lots of quotes.
The Anchoress, who is much better at writing about such things, has a Flannery quote, and comments on Rice.
More Flannery HERE. HERE HERE
and yes, I brought one of her books with me to the Philippines.
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