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Notorious? Yes, I am. Thank you for noticing.

I didn't write any of those letters, posts or start any of the emails. I wrote the original on notebook paper, in pencil, in a little SDA school in Apopka, Florida in 11th grade. I've seen it come by email in those "don't let it die" threads, other people have re-written it, re-published it, changed it, used it and I've seen at least 10 other people take credit for it. As I said earlier, as long as it's out there...I'm happy that it is and except for a few occasions, I've never made it a point to say that I was the original author.

Tell you what Donny, next time we both happen to be in Atlanta, I'll pop on over to my storage space and pull out the original. We can laugh over it and discuss religion and it's ups and downs over coffee. If that's not enough, maybe I should post in the IM conversation I had with my Mom a few minutes ago where I threw her the link to this thread and we laughed about the vice principal, my bible teacher and the principal calling her and me in to threaten me with suspension or "even expulsion" for writing "that piece of heresy".

But none of that and probably not even a trip back in time to pimply, skinny me hunched over my little desk in the dorms would do a thing to change your mind, would it? So what does it matter?

Go on back to your Christian brethren, turn off your mind and feel safe in the loving arms of the Church. Notice the capitilization of "Church". That's because they insist on it...the Church is more important than you are...in their eyes. How do you think God feels about that?