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Tina A.A. Ayeni '01 stood up yesterday in front of a crowd of about 100 students in front of the Science Center, surrounded by sky blue t-shirts declaring, "I agree with Tina," to tell her story of finding Jesus at Harvard...
...came to know Jesus for myself," she said. "Activities, awards, recognition...these are just temporary things that could never offer the same fulfillment that I have today in my relationship with Jesus...
...dedicates herself to confirming and recapturing this transcendent moment. She first gives Christianity a whirl, attending services at the Greater Love Salvation Church, "a Pentecostal millenarian revivalist congregation." And although she accepts Jesus as her Saviour, she rather quickly grows annoyed at what she sees as his unresponsiveness: "Lord, sometimes I feel like you really aren't listening." Next she hitches up with a group of Buddhists but soon finds the regimen and food unpalatable, "because it seems like there's a fine line between purification and starving to death...
...spirituality and what is encouraging conversion is not always clear. If encouraging prayer time is permissible, is encouraging the recitation of certain prayers to certain religious figures permissible as well? How would the govenment treat 12-step programs that save thousands from drug and alcohol addiction, but include "accepting Jesus Christ as your personal savior" as one of the steps...
...realized you're just Jesus freaks. Shouldn't you guys be working for Fox?" he reportedly said...