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Originally Posted by wolf

Now, folks, how's about this little tidbit ... showed up in my mailbox courtesy of one of my right-wing mailing lists.

Famous Atheist Now Believes in God

Reminds me of a few lines from China Doll;
Yesterday I begged you
before I hit the ground
All I leave behind me
is only what I found

William Camden, an antiquary and scholar who lived between 1551 and 1623, wrote in his Remains Concerning Britain:

Betwixt the stirrup and the ground, Mercy I ask'd; mercy I found.

These lines express the Christian concept that even in the split second as you fall dying from your horse, there is still time to repent, ask for mercy, and be given absolution.