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When a dying parent asks you to pray but you're an atheist

My dad is dying and he keeps asking me to pray with him but I stopped believing years ago and I don't know how to tell him without breaking his heart.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The collision between love for family and authenticity to self creates an impossible choice between comfort and truth.

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