(February 3, 2014 at 12:35 pm)pineapplebunnybounce Wrote: But you know if they find out you're going to die or leave them in any way they'll cry and get extremely upset. Especially if the thought had just occurred to them. I understand the author not wanting to do that, because you do wonder if there's a point in them getting so upset. But at the same time I don't think heaven is as white a lie as he thinks it is.
Getting upset and coping with grief is part of life. I'd rather them deal with that at that point that telling them we'll meet in heaven only for them to grow up and find out it was bullshit.
But I'm a big believer in being straight with kids. It irked me to no end when adults would sugarcoat or lie about how things truly are.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
