Inactive Terry A. Davis / Terrence Andrew Davis - Creator of TempleOS (formerly LoseThos/sparrowOS)

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i was one of the winners of some pennants previously owned by terry. they were recently auctioned off by his family for charity.
they included a photograph with some terry lore written on the back by his brother. thought everyone would appreciate seeing it.

happy belated birthday, terry.


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I am reminded that the Lord has a plan for each of us. Terry was afflicted with Schizophrenia and had his career derailed. He died alone, homeless and destitute. It may be easy for an outsider to think the Lord punished him or that he was a fool for his faith.

And yet, years after his death he is remembered and beloved. He has inspired at least a few people to return to Christ or to strengthen their faith. Others have been inspired to take up programming.

I am reminded of Mark 10:25.

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
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He is the embodiment of this passage.

Proverbs 21:8

The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
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RIP Terry.
 
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Netizennameless said:
I am reminded that the Lord has a plan for each of us. Terry was afflicted with Schizophrenia and had his career derailed. He died alone, homeless and destitute. It may be easy for an outsider to think the Lord punished him or that he was a fool for his faith.

And yet, years after his death he is remembered and beloved. He has inspired at least a few people to return to Christ or to strengthen their faith. Others have been inspired to take up programming.

I am reminded of Mark 10:25.



He is the embodiment of this passage.

Proverbs 21:8


RIP Terry.
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Terry A. Davis, Fool for Christ.

"For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God's sight. As it is written: 'He catches the wise in their craftiness.'" -1 Corinthians 3:19
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"We are fools on Christ’s account, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are held in honor, but we in disrepute." -1 Corinthians 4:10
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I was thinking of Terry a couple of days ago after finding an old journal entry of mine, lamenting the life that he lived. Kind of sappy, I know, but I thought to check in on this thread, and found my first post, which was made exactly one year ago, what are the odds. What I didn't remember was the timing of me "finding" Terry, which is really quite funny now, because 3 days later, January 23rd, was the day I gave my life to Jesus.

I was raised a Christian but I never did understand that there's a specific point in your life where you have to turn to Jesus and ask, "SAVE ME". That night, I did that. I told him I had no idea how I was supposed to be living, I asked for direction and said I would follow him no matter what if he would just show me the way. He did. From that point on my whole life changed. God mended parts of me I had no power over. He made Himself so undeniably real to me, that I could never imagine ever turning back to who I used to be.

It was a testimony an older woman shared with me that night that made it all click in my head. But a couple of days before that, Terry's story shook me to my core. You know that feeling when you've seen something you'll never forget, that feeling you get that makes you think your outlook on life is going to change forever, whilst also clinging desperately to that fleeting feeling for fear of regressing back into the person you were not long before? Most of the time, the feeling fades away as ordinary life continues, and over time you forget what it felt like. Maybe it comes back as a somber moment every now and then, but you don't feel like dwelling on it for long anymore, because your brain shies away from what it fears will distract you from the ordinary. I didn't want Terry to be just another moment like that. Turns out he wasn't though, because looking back he was someone who helped soften my heart of stone, and as such one of the contributing factors to my realizing that I needed the Lord to survive. God used Terry far after he was no longer on earth.

Below is my original post (it just passed midnight here, so this current post will probably say 1/21 but what can ya do).
Captain Fedophile said:
I learned of this guy through his "elephants" video yesterday, I've since gone down the rabbit hole and damn.. He was a brilliant soul in spite of his mental illness. To spend 10 years building an entire operating system from scratch, and all for the glory of God, he might be the most devout Christian in recent times. I've felt a strange sense of melancholy all day long, maybe this one hurts extra since beneath the schizophrenia he really seemed to care about spreading God's word and making people happy. Finding this thread to see how many people here truly cared about this man (extremely rare for a lolcow) and still make a point of remembering him 5 years after the fact, it's very touching.
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Spamton G. Spamton said:
Christ is risen from the dead,
trampling down death by death,
and to those in the tombs
bestowing eternal life!
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Dude, I was raised Orthodox and you just unearthed a long forgotten precious memory. I can say with confidence that what the hymn says, has happened. Praise be to God.
 
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GenociderSyo said:
One of the horror story channels included TempleOS and Terry in one of their videos.
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There's literally nothing "disturbing" about Terry unless you're a total faggot.

AnOminous said:
I don't think he's even a lolcow.
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He is as much as people tricked him into doing stupid shit, but since he was actually mentally ill and literally couldn't help himself, it's less funny and more sad.

More of a tragic figure than anything else.
 
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NOT Sword Fighter Super said:
He is as much as people tricked him into doing stupid shit, but since he was actually mentally ill and literally couldn't help himself, it's less funny and more sad.
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Honestly whoever gave him that drum set will burn in fucking Hell.

Terry was also often funny not just because of funny schizo shit he said but because he was genuinely witty.

He's a strange combination of the mad scientist archetype, an Internet troll, an inspiring figure, and a tragedy. There was never before anyone like him and there never will be again. A true American original. I wish he had known how much he was valued.
 
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