Sebastian Kinsey wrote:
>
> "Is there anything so sad as unrequited love"?
Yes, can you guess what it is?
>
> >From: "Snow Leopard" <juliet784@hotmail.com>
> >Reply-To: virus@lucifer.com
> >To: virus@lucifer.com
> >Subject: virus: Personally?
> >Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 06:16:07 PST
> >
> >Hi, everyone!
> >This is Joy. Im the one who composes most of the Snow Leopard
> >comments, in case you havent 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, hes on my side now.
> >
> >In case youre interested, I scored INTP on your test, though usually I
> >register as ENTP.
> >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, Ill send everyone a
> >copy- and dont worry, its not the sappy sci-fi that CS Lewis put out.
> >
> >Anyone whod like to drop in a personal bio, Id like to know who Im
> >talking to.
> >
> >Also, Id like to apologize for my spurting responses. Since Im
> 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. Im 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, Im 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 Ive done wrong this time,
> and
> >God, who loves the other person, and me and is deeply offended that Im
> >messing up his creation. Its easy enough for me to forget or
> >rationalize what Ive done to myself. I can usually make up for what
> >Ive done to others, but God has to keep the gears of cosmic justice
> >running smoothly, and must have a reason to forgive. I cant 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, Id probably want
> >something in return, and Id 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 is, by the way, the very same thing that Paul, Jesus, James and
> >everyone else said about Christianity. Jesus said, Blessed are you
> >when you are persecuted for my sake.
> >
> >That says:
> >a) youre going to do something for me
> >b) people are going to give you a hard time
> >c) Ill make it worth your effort
> >
> >James says, If you convert a sinner, youre 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.
> >_____________________________________________
> >|Following Jesus, making him the center of your life, trying to do the
> >right |thing (as He would have you do). -Nathan
> >___________________________________________________
> >I might add, my enlightened friends, the source of the word sin, at
> >which many shutter, and a few laugh.
> >It was an English archery turn for anything other than a bulls eye.
> >Sin simply means To miss thee mark
> >Any of you who thinks youre perfect, please let us know!
> >
> >
> >
> >PHAITH?
> >Just because you have a different word, youre never really going to be
> >able to devide these things. Believe me, Ive tried. There are few
> >people who will ever admit to phaith(i), especially because it makes
> >perfect sense to them. Id also note that I havent seen the
> definition
> >of belieph, and if its meant true belief, I cant see an oppposite.
> >Yeah, hi, I kind believe this, dude. ???
> >
> >A pleasure communicating with such a vast intelligence as this
> >Meme-fixated collective, to be sure.
> >Thank you for taking the time to read my ramblings,
> >Joy
> >
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