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To: ml1954
It's my understanding that an insincere conditional profession of belief is unacceptable as a guarantee of eternal salvation.


The Agnostic's Prayer
(Roger Zelazny, Creatures of Light and Darkness, © 1969)

Insofar as I may be heard by anything, which may or may not care what I say, I ask, if it matters, that you be forgiven for anything you may have done or failed to do which requires forgiveness. Conversely, if not forgiveness but something else may be required to insure any possible benefit for which you may be eligible after the destruction of your body, I ask that this, whatever it may be, be granted or withheld, as the case may be, in such a manner as to insure your receiving said benefit. I ask this in my capacity as your elected intermediary between yourself and that which may not be yourself, but which may have an interest in the matter of your receiving as much as it is possible for you to receive of this thing, and which may in some way be influenced by this ceremony. Amen.

815 posted on 09/29/2006 6:46:59 PM PDT by Coyoteman (I love the sound of beta decay in the morning!)
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To: Coyoteman

;^)


Sounds like a good start!


842 posted on 09/30/2006 5:05:28 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going....)
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To: Coyoteman

Thanks for that. I've read it several times now and it makes sense to me.


897 posted on 09/30/2006 5:11:50 PM PDT by ml1954 (ID = Case closed....no further inquiry allowed...now move along.)
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