Let me guess.....not being christian?
>From: NC <ncashen@klondyke.net>
>Reply-To: virus@lucifer.com
>To: virus@lucifer.com
>Subject: Re: virus: Personally?
>Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 13:40:29 -0500
>
>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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