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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Lane3 who wrote (54830)8/18/2002 9:17:27 PM
From: J. C. Dithers  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
We will never know what people pray for just before they die.

From what I have read of the the near-death experience people, it is very common to pray for forgiveness. In fact, a common theme of these people is the overwhelming feeling of peacefulness and acceptance (and the light) they experienced in what seemed to be a transition to death.

I would doubt that a person seeing a jetliner approaching the window would pray to be saved.

If a person goes through the cliche of seeing their whole life flash by in a second, I would think asking forgiveness for one's petty cruelties would make a lot of sense, and it wouldn't have to be to "God" necessarily.

Do you think we should be practicing what we'll say when the times comes?
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