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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t like the snark here and I think OPs description was cruel and nasty (a vegetable? really?).

However, as to the general concept: I am an atheist who was raised in a very religious household, who became a secret atheist as a very young child. My family was and is very close and affectionate, and my parents remain devout. I believe it is highly likely that when I am dying, I will revert to my childhood religion. I doubt I will exactly believe in a god — I remember being skeptical very early though had no frame of reference to even explain that — but I am sure that the rituals and structure will be something familiar and probably comforting. My parents will be long gone, and I suspect that engaging with my childhood religion will be a way to feel close to them at a time when I am feeling scared and vulnerable.

That’s probably too earnest for this thread, though, and will probably make both the religious and atheist trolls who live in this forum now angry. [/quote]

Who knows, maybe you'll die before your religious parents do and they'll be at your bedside being comforted by their religion and then give you a big religious funeral. [/quote]

I am the PP. Well, if I have to go before them, that’s fine with me. Why would I care if my parents give me a big religious funeral? It would comfort them and I will be dead so it would be irrelevant to me. [/quote]

You said above that you'd likely revert to your childhood religion when you were dying, assuming your parents would be long gone. Maybe they will still be here and you can all be religious together before you die.   It would bring them great peace, and as you say -- it would be irrelevant to you, assuming you still don't believe.   [b]But if you actually revert back to religion, then you'll have a chance at heaven[/b].[/quote]

That’s not true. [/quote]

That's not your belief, but you won't know if it's fact or not until you die.    Nothing supernatural can be proven, because it's beyond nature.    People can believe whatever they want[/quote]

Yes, it’s rather difficult to prove a negative. Like it’s hard to prove that Santa doesn’t exist. 
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Except for little children, everyone knows, or at least accepts, that Santa doesn't exist.

God is like the opposite of Santa -- it's still uncool in many circles to openly acknowledge that you don't believe in God, but if an adult said they believed in Santa -- they'd be a laughingstock. [/quote]

No difference in reality. Just perception.

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