How will you explain to your children...

[bladevalant546]

I would tell them to true there is no emprical evidence to suggest that there is or isnt a diety, and the question about afterlife falls into that catagory. That is the intellectually honest answer.

As per the afterlife, one must first demonstrate the existence of a soul. Given all of the evidence that we have of the physical brain structure determining what we call the "self," and the lack of positive evidence put forth for the soul, the claims are definitely not on equal footing. Treating them as equal claims is not the intellectually honest approach.

When you put it that way, I suppose if the concept of afterlife is dependant of a soul, which all situations is the case. I suppose I stand corrected. Glad people out there can keep me accountable at times.