I understood I was conceived,
And born, in original sin;
And preachers said, and I believed,
I must be born again.
But I really sought to know,
And hoped to clarify,
Just what I must do to go
To Heaven when I die.
I'd heard baptism and rebirth
Would start my life anew,
So when I left this sinful earth
I'd join the righteous few.
But knowing all of that, from God
There came unto me this perception:
Being born again is very odd
If life starts at conception.
If I became me when conceived,
I was already me at birth;
So what has any second birth achieved?
What can being born again be worth?
We sinners all must be reconceived
So Heaven we can win!
This is the great truth I have received,
We must be conceived again!
I know not just how this can be done--
Our creeds will need revision.
But there's a Heaven to be won,
So make a reconceived decision!
Come ye all, and be again conceived;
Be reconceived to be reprieved;
Don't be born again deceived;
Second birth has not thy sin relieved;
Ye must be reconceived!
So consider theology as a whole
And make thee thy selection--
To elevate thy immortal soul
By election or erection.
by Edwin Kagin