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When you make promises about afterlife you don't believe in

I held my dying father's hand and promised him I'd see him in heaven but I don't actually believe in heaven and now I can't stop thinking about whether I lied to him in his last moments.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The gap between comforting others and personal belief creates a profound moral confusion about truth and compassion.

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