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Originally Posted by shogged
I’ve had some struggles with this topic with my children because they latched on to the concept of heaven long before “god” even came into the picture. We had a major death in the family when they were very young and I know the concept of heaven was a coping mechanism for them. Now that the two have been linked as they’ve grown older, I don’t want to shatter that reality for them and perhaps open up a new source of grief.
In hindsight, I know a better approach would have been to address god early on and separate heaven from that idea and instead focus on the spirituality of the afterlife.
I am confident however that as they mature, this conversation will become much easier and they will have the emotional capacity to manage the reality that death is actually just a hole in the ground lol
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I dont think theres anything inherently wrong or bad in believing in a 'Higher Power' or an afterlife. Whichever one might choose.
I pause when some dude in a robe and a hat tells me that he 'knows the only way though.'
I dont have any problems with people believing in God or a Deity if that comforts them.
But an organization of old white dudes is almost always going to be trouble.
God, Buddha, Mohammad, Vishnu, they're not the problem. We the people are the problem.
As soon as you put 'people' into the equation things get messy.