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From: ken@ihuxq.UUCP (ken perlow)
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Subject: Re: Trish revisited, calmly
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Date: Fri, 31-Aug-84 13:37:37 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 31 13:37:37 1984
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[What I said]
>> > Oh, Jeff, Jeff, Jeff--you told us you were getting better.
>> > Most of us with SO's desire them for companionship--you know,
>> > warmth.  Not for confession or psychoanalysis.  Just to be with.
>> > Such people are easy to find once you figure out that sinners
>> > are intrinsically more interesting than saints.

>> Regarding the last sentence...

>> The net produces yet another unwarranted and blatant generalization
>> derogating the religious.  The truth of which is, of course, obvious
>> upon even the most fleeting perusal, right?  Naturally those slammed
>> by it are supposed to lie down and play dead instead of objecting.

>> Uh-huh.  Please explain what's so exciting about sin, and why
>> it makes one "intrinsically" more exciting.  Failing that, please
>> refrain from making such statements.

>> Paul DuBois

I guess I'd better speak up then.  Christians do not have a lock on
the concept of sainthood.  And I thought we were all supposed to be
sinners in the eyes of God, well your God, anyway.

You don't have to be a Christian to want to live an exemplary life,
nor to feel you are not doing it as well as you could.  It's the
trying and failing--irrespective of religious particulars--that's
interesting.

Is that clear?  If not, please realize that we do not share the
same taxonomy of sin.  I suppose I should have said "sinners by
their own definition are more interesting...", but as you see,
it doesn't scan as well.

As for your question, "What's so exciting about sin?", the answer's
the same as the price of the yacht: "If you have to ask, you can't
afford it."
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