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She questioned her faith as a young person and became an [[atheist]] for 38 years before returning back to Catholicism. Stan was also an atheist.  
 
She questioned her faith as a young person and became an [[atheist]] for 38 years before returning back to Catholicism. Stan was also an atheist.  
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===Conversion===
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In the 1990s, Rice found herself being pulled back to [[God]]. For her, atheism had not been a true expression of logic and reason but an emptiness, even a torment.
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In the 1990s, Rice found herself being pulled back to [[God]]. Atheism, it turns out, had been for her not a true expression of logic and reason but an emptiness, even a torment.
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“It’s a more strenuous path than the religious path, because you’re then going to say that there is no God, there is no reason (for anything), that people on Earth are the only (way) to provide any meaning. That’s a rough road to travel.
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"It’s a more strenuous path than the religious path, because you’re then going to say that there is no God, there is no reason (for anything), that people on Earth are the only (way) to provide any meaning. That’s a rough road to travel.
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“When you lose a child, you’re telling yourself as an atheist, ‘I’m never going to see that child again in any form.’ That’s a hell of a lot harder than a religion, which gives you the consolation that you will see that child again in heaven. It’s hard being an atheist. It’s tough.” <ref>[http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/story/834109.html Anne Rice returns to the religion she knew as a child] Kansas City Star</ref>
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"When you lose a child, you're telling yourself as an atheist, 'I'm never going to see that child again in any form.' That's a hell of a lot harder than a religion, which gives you the consolation that you will see that child again in heaven. It’s hard being an atheist. It’s tough."<ref>[http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/story/834109.html Anne Rice returns to the religion she knew as a child] Kansas City Star</ref>
    
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