Stephen King is an excellent author, and one of my personal favorites.
He seems to have a penchant for being in the center of controversy outside of his books, however, although I am not entirely sure why.
His recent remarks that have stirred controversy are about religion. He essentially said that while he himself is not particularly religious, and finds religion dangerous, he nevertheless chooses to believe in God.
In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, he elaborates quite a bit on his own Methodist background, and how he had always harbored doubts. Once he reached a certain age, he had had enough, and wanted nothing to do with religion anymore afterwards.
A lot of people, however, are apparently quite critical of these recent remarks, and probably from both sides of the argument.
Perhaps that is actually proving his point.
In any case, here is the link, so you can read about this more for yourself:
Stephen King: ‘Religion is a dangerous tool … but I choose to believe God exists’ by Alison Flood, Oct 29, 2014:
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/29/stephen-king-religion-dangerous-god-exists
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