I'd probably say something along the lines of "some people believe X, some other believe Y, nobody can know for sure". Unless you do know for sure what happens after death?
Cost of truth? "I am often asked by parents, 'How do I talk to my child about death if I don’t believe in God or heaven?' My answer is always the same: 'Lie.' The idea that you simply die & turn to dust may work for some adults, but it doesn’t help [kids]"https://www.wsj.com/articles/dont-believe-in-god-lie-to-your-children-11575591658 …
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We do know for sure.
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Well, Timmy, when you die your quantum measure decreases, and other versions of you continue to exist as observers, potentially until some lower threshold. Grandma is no longer causally connected to our factorization of the universal Hamiltonian.
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Oh yeah thanks to my parents I thought I was immortal until basically I was 19. Suddenly realizing I'm actually going to die, as an adult, was really hard to handle.
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maybe i still haven't processed it but i'm just not very bothered by the idea that i might die. i'm quite a lot more bothered by e.g. the idea that i might die with a *bad reputation*
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The right response is of course to tell them "God exists just as much as Santa Claus".
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My mom used to say this and she believed in both as egregores. (she didn't use that word, but that's what she meant)
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I was on the receiving end of this (kind of; it’s complicated) and it was really hard on me, and I wouldn’t subject my kid to it. There are better ways to handle the issue of “valuing religion as a cultural institution but not holding supernatural beliefs.”
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You mean your parents made pro-religion lies to you and that didn't go well?
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