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>From: "Bailey, Karen" <Karen.Bailey at mwra_state.ma.us>
>To: 'Matthew Mesina' <soberman_69 at hotmail_com>, Over-the-Rhine at actwin_com
>Subject: RE: Re: Luxury (no OtR)
>Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 08:01:20 -0400
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Matthew Mesina [mailto:soberman_69 at hotmail_com]
>Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 12:29 AM
>To: Over-the-Rhine at actwin_com
>Subject: Re: Re: Luxury (no OtR)
>
>Well, anyone can say they are a Christian, but few truly are.  Did you ever
>hear the story about the guerilla soldiers that enter a church and threaten
>to shoot anyone who believes in God.  All but a few people leave, and the
>soldiers lay down their weapons and tell the handful that remain, "We just
>wanted to weed out the phonies so we could worship with true believers."
>Really, you could apply this story to almost any social group; there are
>always some people just go along to "fit in", or because it is expected of
>them.
>
>Goes back to a comment I made much earlier, about how many wars stem from
>differences in religious beliefs.  And further explains why I can't embrace
>religion.  There's a hypocrisy there (not you, Matt, I don't even know you;
>I'm talking about those who kill others over religion)that I can't get 
>past.
>
>Also, I am a rare breed- a Catholic AND a Cultural Christian.  Far from
>being a "brain-washed sheep", I really feel alienated wherever I go.  I'm
>too Christian too fit in with my own kind, and too Catholic too fit in with
>the more evangelical/fundamentalist of my brethren.  Its like high school,
>and I'm the perpetual misfit.  Does that make sense?  Can you relate?
>Weren't misfits a minority group on your campus?  Anyway, I'm sorta a
>minority of one, and proud of my individaulity, even if it makes me very
>alone much of the time.
>
>You probably do feel alone much of the time, as are many who are proud of
>their individuality.  The difference between you and I is that you have 
>your
>religion to give you strength.  I too am the perpetual misfit.  It started
>when I was six, giving the last turn to my roller-skate key, when I 
>wondered
>what I'd be doing, what I would be like, when I was 17.  I know exactly
>where I was when it hit me, so I know I was six.  My own mortality hit me 
>in
>the face, and I haven't been the same since.
>
>Karen
>
>"Of Friendship and a Good Life: If you are lucky enough to receive it, so
>you should be to pass it on."  kb, 4/12/01
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