Pascal's Wager

[Eilonnwy]

The thing is, culture has ingrained the belief of an afterlife so much that to think otherwise is scary! Who wants to believe when they die, that's it? It's so much nicer to believe that you'll go to a nice place after you die with all your relatives. When I first doubted religion, it was very hard for me to let go of that belief, now in my more mature mind the idea of living forever in some afterlife creeps me out.

I have a 10 year old sister, and I make no secret of my belief to her (even though my mother probably doesn't like it.) I always tell her what I believe and that she has the right to decide what to believe. I tell her to listen in religion class but question everything. And when I tell her things about my belief system some times her face will light up because it makes sense to her and she's like "Oh, yeah! That's right". But when she asked me what I believed happens when I die and I told her that I believe nothing happens, that you're gone. She looked visibly scared and I honestly had no idea how to respond.