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When a dying loved one asks about the afterlife and you don't know what you believe

My dad is dying and keeps asking if I think we'll see each other again and I honestly don't know but I can't bring myself to say that to him.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The collision between love's desire for comfort and honesty's refusal to manufacture certainty creates an impossible tenderness.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Agnosticism — the honest position?”

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