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		<title>By: Michelle</title>
		<link>http://www.godlessgirl.com/2010/07/anne-rice-leaves-christianity-not-jesus/comment-page-1/#comment-11729</link>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2011 04:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You all have a lot of good points. I liked reading through your responses. 

Just out of curiosity, how many have read the Bible, cover to cover? 

Sorry, I know this was posted a while ago; I found it in a search.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You all have a lot of good points. I liked reading through your responses. </p>
<p>Just out of curiosity, how many have read the Bible, cover to cover? </p>
<p>Sorry, I know this was posted a while ago; I found it in a search.</p>
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		<title>By: APG</title>
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		<dc:creator>APG</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
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If I could meet her in person, I would 
love to say &quot;Thank you Anne Rice – 
for so very articulately stating what 
I have felt in my heart for years&quot;  !!!!

One&#039;s &#039;Faith-in-Christ’ should IN NO WAY 
be tied into the man-controlled &#039;Religion&#039; 
that so many refer to as &quot;Christianity&quot; 
(especially that apostate, psuedo-religious
political-movement called &#039;evangelicalism&#039;)

It took me forever to realize that my 
relationship with God (as established
through Christ Jesus, God The Son) was
IN NO WAY dependent on the apostate
psuedo-religious movement sweeping
America in the name of the &quot;church&quot;.

If Christ were walking the earth today,
a lot of these same &quot;religious&quot; types 
would be the first to demand that He
be &#039;crucified&#039; -- and based merely on 
who He chose as FRIENDS (women, 
gays, foreigners, immigrants, the poor, 
the rejected, the downtrodden, the rich,
men, old, young, happy, sad, and so on).

The &quot;evangelicals&quot; (not to be mistaken 
for TRUE FOLLOWERS of Christ) and 
other &quot;church&quot; types have essentially 
hijacked the Christian &#039;Faith&#039; in order to 
turn it into a mammon-worshipping, 
power-mongering, &quot;Religion&quot; of hate.

These people are more akin to a system of
ANTI-CHRIST (i.e. “against”-Christ) than
to anything tied into WHO CHRIST IS.

Their evil has reached such profound levels
that even people who know and love Christ
are turned off from them and their words
(again proving these “church” types are 
really nothing more than anti-Christ,
self-righteous Pharisees and are not 
even remotely related to Jesus Christ).

Never again will I waste my time stepping
into the psuedo-religious social-club that 
is known as &quot;church&quot; or associate myself 
with the political-clique that is known as 
&#039;christianity&#039; -- because FROM NOW ON 
-- I realize that I do NOT &quot;need&quot; either 
in order to have a relationship with MY 
LORD JESUS CHRIST (in fact, those 
two entities were actually &#039;interfering&#039; 
with my relationship with God)

THROUGH CHRIST -- GOD HAS OPENLY 
EXPRESSED HIS LOVE TO &#039;EVERYONE&#039; 
(no matter if rich, poor, gay, straight, male, 
female, sickly, healthy and so on) -- AND 
CHRIST (not the so-called&quot;church&quot;) IS 
&#039;THE DOOR&#039; and &#039;THE WAY&#039; TO GOD!!

ALL ARE WELCOME TO APPROACH AND
TO ENTER THROUGH &#039;THE DOOR&#039; TO GOD!!

NO ONE IS REJECTED BY JESUS CHRIST !!!

JESUS LOVED AND LOVES EVERYONE !!!

LET’S ALL TRY TO REMEMBER 
THE BIBLE VERSE OF ‘JOHN 3:17’:

“For God did NOT send His Son 
into the world – to condemn 
the world, BUT that the world, 
THROUGH HIM, might be SAVED !!!!”

JESUS CHIST – and *not* the institution known
as “the church” or the religion called “christianity”
--- IS THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE!!!

LIKE MANY OTHER PEOPLE – I AM DONE
WITH THE CHURCH &amp; WITH CHRISTIANITY
-- AND FROM HERE ON OUT – MY FOCUS IS
ON (AND FAITH IN GOD RELIES IN) JESUS 
CHRIST AND JESUS CHRIST ALONE !!!

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If I could meet her in person, I would<br />
love to say &#8220;Thank you Anne Rice –<br />
for so very articulately stating what<br />
I have felt in my heart for years&#8221;  !!!!</p>
<p>One&#8217;s &#8216;Faith-in-Christ’ should IN NO WAY<br />
be tied into the man-controlled &#8216;Religion&#8217;<br />
that so many refer to as &#8220;Christianity&#8221;<br />
(especially that apostate, psuedo-religious<br />
political-movement called &#8216;evangelicalism&#8217;)</p>
<p>It took me forever to realize that my<br />
relationship with God (as established<br />
through Christ Jesus, God The Son) was<br />
IN NO WAY dependent on the apostate<br />
psuedo-religious movement sweeping<br />
America in the name of the &#8220;church&#8221;.</p>
<p>If Christ were walking the earth today,<br />
a lot of these same &#8220;religious&#8221; types<br />
would be the first to demand that He<br />
be &#8216;crucified&#8217; &#8212; and based merely on<br />
who He chose as FRIENDS (women,<br />
gays, foreigners, immigrants, the poor,<br />
the rejected, the downtrodden, the rich,<br />
men, old, young, happy, sad, and so on).</p>
<p>The &#8220;evangelicals&#8221; (not to be mistaken<br />
for TRUE FOLLOWERS of Christ) and<br />
other &#8220;church&#8221; types have essentially<br />
hijacked the Christian &#8216;Faith&#8217; in order to<br />
turn it into a mammon-worshipping,<br />
power-mongering, &#8220;Religion&#8221; of hate.</p>
<p>These people are more akin to a system of<br />
ANTI-CHRIST (i.e. “against”-Christ) than<br />
to anything tied into WHO CHRIST IS.</p>
<p>Their evil has reached such profound levels<br />
that even people who know and love Christ<br />
are turned off from them and their words<br />
(again proving these “church” types are<br />
really nothing more than anti-Christ,<br />
self-righteous Pharisees and are not<br />
even remotely related to Jesus Christ).</p>
<p>Never again will I waste my time stepping<br />
into the psuedo-religious social-club that<br />
is known as &#8220;church&#8221; or associate myself<br />
with the political-clique that is known as<br />
&#8216;christianity&#8217; &#8212; because FROM NOW ON<br />
&#8211; I realize that I do NOT &#8220;need&#8221; either<br />
in order to have a relationship with MY<br />
LORD JESUS CHRIST (in fact, those<br />
two entities were actually &#8216;interfering&#8217;<br />
with my relationship with God)</p>
<p>THROUGH CHRIST &#8212; GOD HAS OPENLY<br />
EXPRESSED HIS LOVE TO &#8216;EVERYONE&#8217;<br />
(no matter if rich, poor, gay, straight, male,<br />
female, sickly, healthy and so on) &#8212; AND<br />
CHRIST (not the so-called&#8221;church&#8221;) IS<br />
&#8216;THE DOOR&#8217; and &#8216;THE WAY&#8217; TO GOD!!</p>
<p>ALL ARE WELCOME TO APPROACH AND<br />
TO ENTER THROUGH &#8216;THE DOOR&#8217; TO GOD!!</p>
<p>NO ONE IS REJECTED BY JESUS CHRIST !!!</p>
<p>JESUS LOVED AND LOVES EVERYONE !!!</p>
<p>LET’S ALL TRY TO REMEMBER<br />
THE BIBLE VERSE OF ‘JOHN 3:17’:</p>
<p>“For God did NOT send His Son<br />
into the world – to condemn<br />
the world, BUT that the world,<br />
THROUGH HIM, might be SAVED !!!!”</p>
<p>JESUS CHIST – and *not* the institution known<br />
as “the church” or the religion called “christianity”<br />
&#8212; IS THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE!!!</p>
<p>LIKE MANY OTHER PEOPLE – I AM DONE<br />
WITH THE CHURCH &amp; WITH CHRISTIANITY<br />
&#8211; AND FROM HERE ON OUT – MY FOCUS IS<br />
ON (AND FAITH IN GOD RELIES IN) JESUS<br />
CHRIST AND JESUS CHRIST ALONE !!!</p>
<p>.</p>
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		<title>By: Godless Girl</title>
		<link>http://www.godlessgirl.com/2010/07/anne-rice-leaves-christianity-not-jesus/comment-page-1/#comment-4799</link>
		<dc:creator>Godless Girl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 03:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah, it does seem like a bit of a rant (though I support her in the issues she takes offense to). 
And to be honest, your reply sounds like it was rehearsed and written for the ears of other believers who use the same in-club vocabulary. &quot;Lost world of self,&quot; &quot;submit to him&quot; ... As an ex-Christian I know what you&#039;re talking about, but it amuses me to hear religious, empty buzzwords in a forum like this.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, it does seem like a bit of a rant (though I support her in the issues she takes offense to).<br />
And to be honest, your reply sounds like it was rehearsed and written for the ears of other believers who use the same in-club vocabulary. &#8220;Lost world of self,&#8221; &#8220;submit to him&#8221; &#8230; As an ex-Christian I know what you&#8217;re talking about, but it amuses me to hear religious, empty buzzwords in a forum like this.</p>
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		<title>By: Eva</title>
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		<dc:creator>Eva</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ms. Rice sounds like a precocious child on a rant. If one desires to truly know Him, then one must be truly willing to submit to Him and the rest falls into place beautifully. Rice sounds like she is stuck in the lost world of self.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ms. Rice sounds like a precocious child on a rant. If one desires to truly know Him, then one must be truly willing to submit to Him and the rest falls into place beautifully. Rice sounds like she is stuck in the lost world of self.</p>
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		<title>By: Jen</title>
		<link>http://www.godlessgirl.com/2010/07/anne-rice-leaves-christianity-not-jesus/comment-page-1/#comment-4708</link>
		<dc:creator>Jen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What she is saying is that she dislikes the judgmental and narrow mindness outline that the words &quot;Christian&quot; and &quot;Christianity&quot; has earned for itself. The people who have torn down the understanding of this community are the ignorant people who provided this cloud of negativity over themselves. I too do not want to  be put in the category of the hypocritical, judegmental people who call themselves christians, I prefer to be called a Christ follower for that very reason. Anne Rice is simply stating that she doesn&#039;t want to be categorized with all those other people who are ignorant to their own faith that they claim to follow.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What she is saying is that she dislikes the judgmental and narrow mindness outline that the words &#8220;Christian&#8221; and &#8220;Christianity&#8221; has earned for itself. The people who have torn down the understanding of this community are the ignorant people who provided this cloud of negativity over themselves. I too do not want to  be put in the category of the hypocritical, judegmental people who call themselves christians, I prefer to be called a Christ follower for that very reason. Anne Rice is simply stating that she doesn&#8217;t want to be categorized with all those other people who are ignorant to their own faith that they claim to follow.</p>
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		<title>By: Anne Rice Leaves Christianity &#171; tim victor&#039;s musings</title>
		<link>http://www.godlessgirl.com/2010/07/anne-rice-leaves-christianity-not-jesus/comment-page-1/#comment-4273</link>
		<dc:creator>Anne Rice Leaves Christianity &#171; tim victor&#039;s musings</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 08:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] another, Godless Girl, says: Good for Rice that she finally recognized the mess of this religion. I understand not wanting to [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Shane Windus</title>
		<link>http://www.godlessgirl.com/2010/07/anne-rice-leaves-christianity-not-jesus/comment-page-1/#comment-4243</link>
		<dc:creator>Shane Windus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2010 11:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>She is on her way out of the dogma.  12 years was the same span of time I was a Christian as well.   I left by dropping bits and pieces at a time.  I predict she will finally drop the whole thing and get back to life.  Maybe she will find blogs like this one, or read some Sam Harris books, or find exchristian.net.  It is comforting to know that there are others who have the same inner struggles that you have with confronting the faith you either chose or had chosen for you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>She is on her way out of the dogma.  12 years was the same span of time I was a Christian as well.   I left by dropping bits and pieces at a time.  I predict she will finally drop the whole thing and get back to life.  Maybe she will find blogs like this one, or read some Sam Harris books, or find exchristian.net.  It is comforting to know that there are others who have the same inner struggles that you have with confronting the faith you either chose or had chosen for you.</p>
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		<title>By: Anne Rice and “Christ without Christianity” &#171; ULC Monastery Blog</title>
		<link>http://www.godlessgirl.com/2010/07/anne-rice-leaves-christianity-not-jesus/comment-page-1/#comment-4149</link>
		<dc:creator>Anne Rice and “Christ without Christianity” &#171; ULC Monastery Blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 17:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Eric Indiana</title>
		<link>http://www.godlessgirl.com/2010/07/anne-rice-leaves-christianity-not-jesus/comment-page-1/#comment-4059</link>
		<dc:creator>Eric Indiana</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 01:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>But wait - there&#039;s more to this shocking story of the slight change in Anne Rice&#039;s religious views! Did you see this?

http://daisybrain.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/woman-not-as-famous-as-anne-rice-changes-her-religious-views/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>But wait &#8211; there&#8217;s more to this shocking story of the slight change in Anne Rice&#8217;s religious views! Did you see this?</p>
<p><a href="http://daisybrain.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/woman-not-as-famous-as-anne-rice-changes-her-religious-views/" rel="nofollow">http://daisybrain.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/woman-not-as-famous-as-anne-rice-changes-her-religious-views/</a></p>
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		<title>By: Maryann Spikes</title>
		<link>http://www.godlessgirl.com/2010/07/anne-rice-leaves-christianity-not-jesus/comment-page-1/#comment-4053</link>
		<dc:creator>Maryann Spikes</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Anne Rice:  &quot;Possibly I still belong to the Body of Christ.&quot;  www.examiner.com/x-26772-San-Francisco-Apologetics-Examiner~y2010m8d1-Anne-Rice--Possibly-I-still-belong-to-the-Body-of-Christ</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anne Rice:  &#8220;Possibly I still belong to the Body of Christ.&#8221;  <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-26772-San-Francisco-Apologetics-Examiner~y2010m8d1-Anne-Rice--Possibly-I-still-belong-to-the-Body-of-Christ" rel="nofollow">http://www.examiner.com/x-26772-San-Francisco-Apologetics-Examiner~y2010m8d1-Anne-Rice&#8211;Possibly-I-still-belong-to-the-Body-of-Christ</a></p>
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