Hi, everyone!
In case you’re interested, I scored INTP on your test, though usually I
register as ENTP.
This is Joy. I’m the one who composes most of the “Snow Leopard”
comments, in case you haven’t noticed. It was my idea to jion the list.
My primary co-cospirator is Nathan Russell, who visited this list over
the summer, frussell@frontiernet.net, he’s on my side now.
Nathan registers as ISTP.
So long as web-sites and personality types have entereed the discussion, I might add that I am a 15 year old student, female, who writes science fiction. If I ever get published, I’ll send everyone a copy- and don’t worry, it’s not the sappy sci-fi that CS Lewis put out.
Anyone who’d like to drop in a personal bio, I’d like to know who I’m talking to.
Also, I’d like to apologize for my spurting responses. Since I’m shring the account, I need some approval from my friends here, and that means that based on oue scheldule, I usually can mail every other day, weekends excluded. I’m not trying to ignore anyone, and often I find myself wanting to respond, only to realize that the mail is three days old, and someone else has already resolved matters.
In response to the question I began to answer Thursday, “What does Christianity mean to me”, I have to say:
While the way people react does influence me to make generalized statements, personally, I’m very happy as a Christian. My best friend, imagiary or not, know everything, and everything about me, but loves me just the same.
I feel like for everything that hurts another, I must make restitution. In any given situation, I usually have guilt (self- damage), another human who has been the victim of whatever I’ve done wrong this time, and God, who loves the other person, and me and is deeply offended that I’m messing up his creation. It’s easy enough for me to forget or rationalize what I’ve done to myself. I can usually make up for what I’ve done to others, but God has to keep the gears of cosmic justice running smoothly, and must have a reason to forgive. I can’t provide that, but I have a Friend who can, (and did 2000 or so years ago.)
To be perfectly honest, if I had to die for someone, I’d probably want
something in return, and I’d want to get the most for my pains. All
Jesus wants out of Christians is for us to be good people, as best as
our fallible personalities can be, and for us to tell others, that they
may find the same comfort.
Life for life, I die for you, I want you to live for me.
That says:
a) you’re going to do something for me b) people are going to give you a hard time c) I’ll make it worth your effort
James says, “If you convert a sinner, you’re saving him from hell and
covering a multitude of sins.”
Appliying that to me, when I was Born Again, I was spared from Hell, and
God could no longer see a gret many shortcomings.
PHAITH?
A pleasure communicating with such a vast intelligence as this
Meme-fixated collective, to be sure.
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Just because you have a different word, you’re never really going to be
able to devide these things. Believe me, I’ve tried. There are few
people who will ever admit to phaith(i), especially because it makes
perfect sense to them. I’d also note that I haven’t seen the definition
of belieph, and if it’s meant true belief, I can’t see an oppposite.
“Yeah, hi, I kind believe this, dude.” ???
Thank you for taking the time to read my ramblings,
Joy