William Lobdell, a former Times staff writer, is the author of "Losing My Religion: How I Lost My Faith Reporting on Religion in America — and Found Unexpected Peace."
1. Take a biased position.
2. Act as if your assumptions, speculation and bias are fact.
3. Quote only surveys and polls that support your position.
A remarkably and overtly biased article... no surprise given the author.
Let's check the list...
1. Take a biased position.
2. Act as if your assumptions, speculation and bias are fact.
3. Quote only surveys and polls that support your position.
4. Come to a unbalanced conclusion based on 1-3.
Yup.
Pls note that I am referring to the author, not the poster.
I'd also note that Anne Rice left the Catholic Church.... it doesn't sound like she left Christianity itself, necessarily.
So, you would expect who, exactly, to write an article critical of religion? Billy Graham?
Why not research the opposing view yourself and show us how wrong he is? It should be a simple process for you. Since you seem so certain, you must have some specific information in mind.
And then I could have the joy of taking on the half-dozen mouth-foaming militant atheists that are presently sharpening their butcher knives in anticipation... no, thanks. I'm tired of this ****.
We sure are scary monsters apparently. Boogaloo boogie boogie boo!!!
Editorial here.
Novelist Anne Rice's surprise post last week on Facebook — she announced she had quit Christianity "in the name of Christ" because she'd seen too much hypocrisy — brought cheers and smug smiles from critics of institutional faith, and criticism and soul-searching among believers.
But there's something more at play here than one of America's most famous Catholics — Rice re-embraced the faith of her youth in 1998 and published a memoir just two years ago, "Called Out of Darkness: A Spiritual Confession" — walking away from the church.
Rice is merely one of millions of Americans who have opted out of organized religion in recent years, making the unaffiliated category of faith the fastest-growing "religion" in America, according to a 2008 study by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
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I'm one of the unaffiliated.
Funny, that's some of the thoughts I had about your reaction.More like boringly predictable... and tedious.
If you renounce Christianity because of what you see other people doing or saying, it sounds like you weren't really a true believer to begin with.
The real story, Anne Rice in her own words.
Religion: Anne Rice discusses her decision to quit Christianity - latimes.com
And then I could have the joy of taking on the half-dozen mouth-foaming militant atheists that are presently sharpening their butcher knives in anticipation... no, thanks. I'm tired of this ****.
I'm not a militant atheist. I was just asking you to back up what you said??
Geeze... touchy.
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