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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I tell them the truth. That life is precious, that we're here for relatively little time, and that we need to make the best of the time we have. When someone dies, they live on in our memories, but I don't believe in any sort of afterlife.

I also tell them that that's what I believe -- that they need to grapple with these questions and decide what they believe. We have books about different religions, and they are free to explore their own beliefs. I'm not here to force my beliefs on them.[/quote]

I don't see it as "forcing beliefs" on people.  Would you see it as forcing a belief on someone if you insisted that they believe 2+2=4?

Hopefully not.    The  various beliefs people have about religion are made up fantasies and should be treated as such.  Certainly with one's own children, it seems completely incorrect to imply that it's OK to believe in an afterlife, just as you would not encourage your kids to believe in Santa after a certain age.

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I would not force someone to believe why 2+2 is 4. I would give them the skills to understand that themselves. Likewise, I don’t force my kids what to believe about a deity—I explain my thinking and give them skills to think rationally, but I am not trying to indoctrinate anyone in anything. Just like I don’t try to proselytize atheism to my friends who believe in a god. [/quote]

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