In a message dated 01/01/2000 11:14:04 PM Mountain Standard Time, 
ami@ML.usagi.org writes:

> RA>            I'd hate to say this but it's good to see that I was not the 
> onl
>  RA>person who did not do anything special on New Year's Eve. The last time 
I
>  RA>remember having plan's for New Year's was when I was in the first grade 
> and
>  RA>that was 13 years ago. This year while watching TV it seemed like 
> everyone
>  RA>and their cousin was out celebrating or doing something and it made me a
>  RA>little depressed for a few hours (this will probablt resurface when I 
go 
> bac
>  RA>to college and find out that all my friend's had really cool plans) 
> Anyway,
>  RA>wonder how many Christains are dissapointed that Christ did not come 
back 
> an
>  RA>start the Apocalypse.
>  
>      Heh, all I can say is that I just sat down on the couch and watched
>  the
>  Time Square celebration.  Yaaay, what fun.  My family kinda stopped
>  celebrating the new year about seven years ago.  I wanna celebrate it,
>  but won't get no support :(
>  
>  As a Christian, I must say that no one knows the time or day that Jesus
>  will come again.  Not all the signs have occured.  The Sunday law hasn't
>  been made national law, for example, and Christians haven't been
>  persecuted yet.  Thank God.
>  

well, that depends on what country you happen to be in, or the culture you 
are in....
In some places, it's illegal to be a Christian...  In the Sudan, Christians 
are persecuted daily, many are made slaves, raped, or killed... In Malaysia, 
you can be a Christian, but if you evangelize or share your faith with 
somebody (biblical principals call Christians to do so) you can be arrested.  
In Burma, (I knew somebody from my church who went there yearly to train 
Christians self-defense because of this) people are killed simply because 
they are Christians.  It's just that we are very fortunate to be in a country 
that currently doesn't persecute in an ugly way.  (still some persecution, 
but it's not blatent)  But how far down the line are we in the USA of having 
more things happen?  I don't think it's too far away.  (I could site 
examples, but I'm really tired right now.)

Of course, now I gotta end my rant.