My not-so famous last words (all in three hundred words or less).

While pondering the fashion in which to end my opinion column for the year, I was reminded of patriot Nathan Hale?the Independence War spy whose riveting last words, “I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country,” proceeded death by hanging inspiring hope and defining a nation’s rally cry.

My columns have habitually circumvented inspiring hope. Rather they have predominantly inspired angry phone calls from every left wing extremist wacko crawling from the shadowy woodwork of Sac State?s Nader-loving dungeon crew.

Why not end the year with some Hale inspired right-wing, fundamentalist Christian, Republican extremist patriotism?

Patriotism as in re-discovering the moral beginnings of the nation in which Hale sacrificed his life for. For as most who read my columns would’ve assumed, I am a Christian (hence the pro-life, pro-religion agenda). So in the spirit of Hale?which could possibly get me demoted from columnist to the newsroom maintenance engineer?let us explore the truth of Christianity.

The Bible teaches that God created the world in six days. Everything was going hunky dorey, until Adam (the first man) disobeyed God by eating from the only tree in the Garden of Eden, which he was commanded to not eat from. Adam?s ultimate disobedience to God resulted in sin entering the world, separating God and mankind, and instilling eternal hell.

So God sent his son Jesus Christ to die on a cross as a sacrifice for our sins. Christ defeated death by rising again three days later, just as the Holy Bible had prophesied. This sacrifice conquers the separation between God and mankind and allots those who believe in Christ eternal salvation.

That is the moral beginnings in which this nation was founded upon. Thus concluding my previous articles and compiling my not-so famous last words.

Joshua Wood is an undeclared student. He can be reached by e-mail at [email protected]. No death threats, please….