Attempted Rapture

Christianity has the most sex-negative view of any world religion. In Bible-Belt culture, sexuality and sin are pushed so closely together that children grow up fearing sexual urges, seeing opportunity as devil-sent temptation and a teenage marriage as the only cure.But what happens when Christian youth revolts? They don't just go out into the world. They lunge into depravity-angry at God, disillusioned with life, and full of evil intentions. Attempted Rapture: The Sinner is a novel of...
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Christianity has the most sex-negative view of any world religion. In Bible-Belt culture, sexuality and sin are pushed so closely together that children grow up fearing sexual urges, seeing opportunity as devil-sent temptation and a teenage marriage as the only cure.But what happens when Christian youth revolts? They don't just go out into the world. They lunge into depravity-angry at God, disillusioned with life, and full of evil intentions. Attempted Rapture: The Sinner is a novel of suicidal blasphemy-sacrilegious, obscene, and intentionally offensive. Author Mitchell Warren creates a tragic parody that explores the issue of Christian guilt and Church indoctrination with biting satire and heartbreaking pathos. Biblical allusions abound as a modern-day "Prodigal Son", Hal Persill, encounters incarnations of Proverbial "Lady Wisdom" and "Madam Folly" in two polar opposite sisters. Amara Stallart is a shining star of Christian loyalty who clings to her family ties. Anne McNamary is a self-professed heretic and harlot, shunned by the good old Radrick Community. All three characters are running fast, hoping to escape the wrath of Jesus. Who will soar to the stars and reach total freedom? Who will slowly burn in a self-created Hellfire of the mind? It's a story about true love, demonic sex, and the cataclysm that results when faith interferes with human desire.