He gave his blood for your sins. Now he wants it back!

[azurite]

Woe is I! Or something, because Anne Rice's next "book" is going to be written from the perspective of... JESUS CHRIST!

No, that's not an exclamation. That's the truth. Laugh yourself silly.

Some of the metaquote-worthy comments include:
-"First, she ruined vampires. Now, she's ruining Jesus. Is nothing sacred anymore?!
Could be worse. She could be writing the Passion of the Christ sequel, where Jesus comes back as a vampire.
:blink:
Now that I've said it, it will happen.
~Linzee"

(and then read my subject line...)

"'Tis a miracle. Anne Rice single handedly makes a better mockery of Christian ideals than all the great satirists in the world have tried. It's like transtupidtization." ~gaisce

"Jesus is laughing his head off at this right now. Anne Rice isn't going to go to hell, Jesus is going to keep her around as court jester or something." ~loopywafflehead (This one resulted in a hilarious animated icon.)

"Hey, Anne?

Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John called. Their lawyers want a word with you." ~lurker32

"A new Pope and a batshit author pretending to be Jesus? Catholicism is having the best year ever.

Now I don't have to wait until the fourth of July for fireworks!" ~loki

"Is she not the one who doesn't allow fanfic on her writings? Would this book not be bible fan fiction? Hmm." ~leto

"Jesus' words eh?

Does this mean Mel Gibson can make another movie?

Coming soon to a theater near you: The Passion of the Christ: Episode I - The Empire Strikes Out." ~sitt_isis

Comments

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Eh, I'm not really surprised. After the hype of the Da Vinci Code, I'm sure she thinks it would be a good idea to capitalize on the whole "religious controversy" line. I'm not even insulted that she would write something that could be termed fanfiction when she prohibits others from writing stories based on her work (notably NOT as prestigious as THE BOOK). What I take exception to, rather, is the advertisement that the book "will tell the story of Jesus' early years in his own words."

We only know TWO THINGS that Jesus actually said - Amen before his sentences (Yes, BEFORE) and that he called Yahweh "Abba" or Father. Sure, those are only indicative of speech patterns, but they are what sets Jesus apart. This is consistent in the Bible so it is probably true that he said it. Now, please tell me, how does one use Jesus' own words if we are only aware of TWO things he said? >-<

Yeah, I'm being stupid about piddling little things, but . . . heh, I've never even READ an Ann Rice novel. I'm not gonna start now when I know it's probably a media trip.