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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (54830)	8/18/2002 9:12:40 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

It is natural to ask to be spared. No one wants not to be- unless they are suicidal- and even suicides frequently change their mind after they jump.

To: Lane3 who wrote (54830)	8/18/2002 9:17:27 PM
From: J. C. Dithers	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to 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?