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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I would really like you to justify this. Do we know with some reasonable confidence, presuming a common-sense world? Sure. But that's not "knowing for sure."
We are talking about how to talk to children here. By the usual standard where we' tell a kid something is sure, we are that sure about this.
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Child: "Am I going to turn into a unicorn if i eat my vegetables?" Parent with a dubious understanding of what certainty means: "Well, I know you're 4, and you don't understand probability, but quantum physics says that there is a non-zero chance, so the answer is 'maybe'."
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Sure. But the question here is whether to lie to your children. This is a metaphysics question. No one *knows* anything about metaphysics; we only have strong suspicions. The point is that there is a way to tell the truth here without, in your eyes, "not helping" them.
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