What Were They Thinking?

               The 9/11 terrorists were told to end their lives while praying.  Were prayers really what were filling their minds right before their death?  Osama bin Laden told the terrorists to be praying almost constantly, and to make their last words, “There is no God but God, Muhammad is His messenger.”  The knowledge that I was about to die would certainly be a great distraction from whatever task I was performing.  I don’t think I could “smile and be calm” while I boarded a plane that I knew was bound for destruction.   I don’t think I could “remember God constantly” in a positive, worry free way when I was that close to death.  Even though these terrorists were extremely dedicated Muslims, I don’t think their last moments were as peaceful and God filled as they were intended to be.  The terrorists weren’t in a passive situation.  They were the ones ending their own lives.  The “serious time was upon them.”  They were to know the plan well and expect a “response” from the enemy.  I think all the stress of carrying out such a complicated plan probably tore some of the focus away from the purpose of the plan, and the thoughts that were supposed to be occupying the minds of the terrorists.