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

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (54834)	8/19/2002 8:16:51 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Do you think we should be practicing what we'll say when the times comes? It seems to me that a sensible and appropriate thing to do at such a moment would be an act of contrition. It's up to God if he wants to intervene and save someone. Repentance for one's sins makes one seem more worthy to be rescued, if God were so inclined, and, if rescue didn't come, might help smooth the transition to a cushy afterlife. Of course, practicing it seems somewhat less than sincere and could, thus, be counterproductive. Death is the last experience we get in life. It seems a shame not to experience it fully--to be unable to take it all in because one is reciting a practiced speech. If the death is traumatic, though, that might be comforting. An act of contrition might be comforting, as well. Alternately, if one were to petition God for anything at that point it might be to take care of one's dependents. Or to be spared pain so one could appreciate the experience.