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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here to report back. I spoke with my husband about this again last night and I think, as some of you noted, I may be leaning more towards agnostic than atheist. My plan is to drop the whole higher power idea of anything watching over them (I agree that this is ridiculous and very well may creep them out). As far as when we die, I’m going to tell them that our body shuts down and we don’t know what or if anything happens after. But I’ll also let them know that I suspect it’s like falling into a dreamless sleep. Other than what came before the Big Bang and what happens when we die, I think those are the only two things that make me agnostic, but I could be wrong. I consider myself atheist as far as any religions go and superhuman powers. 
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I think of being dead as like before I was born.  I didn't miss a thing.  I didn't know to and neither did anyone else before they were born.

Regarding agnostic and atheist -- The word "agnostic" is often misunderstood.  It means not knowing.  "Atheist" means not believing.  Atheists are agnostic too, as no one really knows anything that happens after death, just like we don't know knows anything that happens before life.  So, generally, people who call themselves atheists are agnostic atheists -- we don't know and we don't believe.  However, we do know that there's no reason to believe that there is anything before life or after death.[/quote]

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