CONCEIVED AGAIN

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.

 

Edwin Kagin
July 4, 1999

Last updated: 9 January 2005