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RE: Atheists: What would you say to a dying child who asks you if they'll go to heaven?
July 30, 2018 at 10:46 am
I tell them they're going to Tahiti. It's a magical place.
Honestly, if you're going to comfort a kid, you might as well make it fun. "You'll be reincarnated as Superman, and you'll be able to fly, and you'll never feel pain again."
Personally, I always thought heaven sounded boring.
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RE: Atheists: What would you say to a dying child who asks you if they'll go to heaven?
July 30, 2018 at 2:59 pm
"No, but put in a good word for me with Satan, okay? Thanks!"
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RE: Atheists: What would you say to a dying child who asks you if they'll go to heaven?
August 4, 2018 at 8:04 am
I would lie to the kid and tell them yes you are going to heaven and don't worry, Santa Clause, the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy will still visit you there. I don't see anything wrong with lying to a dying child to bring them comfort, if the worst consequence is someone may question my non-belief then that is something I am willing to live with.
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RE: Atheists: What would you say to a dying child who asks you if they'll go to heaven?
August 4, 2018 at 10:30 am
It doesn't matter what you say to them, they'll be dead and won't remember.
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RE: Atheists: What would you say to a dying child who asks you if they'll go to heaven?
August 4, 2018 at 11:04 am
I hope you don't mean that.
It's amazing 'science' always seems to 'find' whatever it is funded for, and never the oppsite. Drich.
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RE: Atheists: What would you say to a dying child who asks you if they'll go to heaven?
August 4, 2018 at 11:10 am
What I believe doesn't matter. I would comfort them as much as I could.
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RE: Atheists: What would you say to a dying child who asks you if they'll go to heaven?
October 28, 2018 at 4:25 pm
And what if a dying kid had something to say to you?
If you were in this situation facing a dying kid telling the truth may still be the best option because it's hard for smart people to correlate themselves in the failed logic of god and afterlife even if they are dying kids
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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