I know given the chance, I would have!
The mountain man primitive who, like all men, nightly pitches his tent one day's march closer to the mausoleum, alleges to be an atheist.
But really, he's not; invoking John the Father, Bobby the Christ, and dead ted the Holy Ghost, he oftentimes genuflects and prays to them that they deliver unto us free medical care for all, which the mountain man primitive believes will enable him to escape death.
It's a wholly natural and even healthy thing, to fear death, but the mountain man primitive is far too much obsessed with it; it shows in his comments.