Larry Flynt, Bob Dylan and … Anne Rice?

Larry Flynt:

Made buckets of money selling naughty magazines. Then he got religion, and his magazine got less naughty. People stopped buying it. After a while, he gave up & went back to being naughty. Sales rebounded nicely.

Bob Dylan:

Famous musician. Recorded lots of albums. Then he got religion (a different one, that is), and his albums got religious. People stopped buying them. After a while, he gave up & went back to his old religion. Sales rebounded nicely.

Anne Rice:

Famous writer. Wrote lots of books about vampires, witches & other creepy things. Then she got religion (or reacquired it, she might say), and wrote lots of books about Jesus. People stopped buying them. Now, she says:

…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.

But it sounds like she might keep on writing books about Jesus. So in her case sales might not rebound after all.