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Why atheists talk to the dead

I don't believe in God but I still find myself talking to my dead father sometimes and wondering if that makes me a hypocrite.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The deep human need for connection with lost loved ones can manifest in behaviors that seem to contradict materialist beliefs about death.

Ideas that help explain it
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“Where Are You with Atheism — philosophical traditions?”

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