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Permalink Reply by Graham E. Lau on July 28, 2010 at 10:44pm

Good for her for realizing the hypocrisy of the church.

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Permalink Reply by Reggie on July 28, 2010 at 11:06pm

Sounds like she is on her way!

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Permalink Reply by Shine on July 28, 2010 at 11:24pm

Sweet, maybe now she can get back to writing vampire fiction. I think Lestat needs to come back and kill the entire Cullen clan. (Wait, did Lestat die in the series? I haven't read it since the mid-90s.)

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Permalink Reply by Martin Pribble on July 28, 2010 at 11:43pm

hello shine :D *always lovely to hear from you*

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Permalink Reply by Shine on July 28, 2010 at 11:57pm

Hi hi! I've been away from the internets for over a month now; I feel like I'm on another planet, lol! (I'm not anywhere interesting; I just haven't had time and my PC exploded last week.)

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Permalink Reply by Morgan Matthew on July 28, 2010 at 11:43pm

Quite powerful words:

"As I said below, I quit being a Christian. I'm out. 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. I refuse to be anti-Democrat. I refuse to be anti-secular humanism. I refuse to be anti-science. I refuse to be anti-life. In the name of Christ, I quit Christianity and being Christian. Amen."

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Permalink Reply by Joshua McGee on July 29, 2010 at 2:00am

Anyone taking bets on Stephenie Meyer quitting Mormonism?

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Permalink Reply by Shine on July 29, 2010 at 9:33am

Nah, the whole virtuous virginal vampire thread is woven too tightly into Meyer's series. Anne Rice has always had a strong undercurrent of sex running through her books; besides the vampire and witch series, she also wrote a set of erotic rewrites of classic fairy tales. Although Meyer does write about vampires which are technically "evil" according to Christian doctrine, I think that she skirts the issue with her portrayal of a platonic heterosexual couple as the ideal teenage relationship. Take out the bloodsucking and the entire Twilight series is an overdramatized abstinence-only campaign.

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Permalink Reply by Joshua McGee on July 29, 2010 at 10:54am

Take out the bloodsucking and the entire Twilight series is an overdramatized abstinence-only campaign.

Precisely. Because my bet would have been "no" -- especially while her books are still making money. Which, in retrospect, kinda means I was setting someone up for this, which makes me a jerk. Sorry about that. :-)

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Permalink Reply by Shine on July 29, 2010 at 11:34am

No need for apologies! I love analyzing pop fiction. :D Speaking of which, have you ever read any of the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series? I've read the ones on House and Alice in Wonderland but have yet to muster up the cajones to purchase the one for Twilight. Maybe i'll have to bribe a thirteen-year-old to buy it for me so that I can avoid the embarrassment of purchasing Twilight paraphernalia. ;)

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Permalink Reply by Joshua McGee on July 30, 2010 at 10:10pm

Speaking of which, have you ever read any of the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series?

Now, wow! Thank you for the pointer!

Do you know Martin Gardner's amazing Annotated Alice book/books? The Definitive Edition is best.

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Permalink Reply by Shine on July 30, 2010 at 10:16pm

Ooo I hadn't seen those before; now I want! Thanks. :)

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