[DeweyCA]

It's not just true for children. Very few adults can really face the logical consequences of their atheistic faith-that when they die, they will simply turn into dust and/or worm food. Nietzsche had the courage to face the implications of his atheism and he went mad. It is good for people to learn to be honest about the implications of what they believe. Maybe then they will finally see the meaninglessness of a life that is based on their prideful defiance of God and be willing to consider the overwhelming historical evidence for Jesus' resurrection.

[353FMG]

Believing in God’s existence is not impossible, but believing that He cares for each individual is pretty difficult to do when observing the misery in this world.

[allwrong57]

Very true, just look at how happy RBG is at facing death, knowing that if there is a God, she has spent her entire life with her back turned to him.

[Prince of Space]

This would be a great story to share on FB but I can’t because of the stupid WSJ pay wall. 🤬

[cuban leaf]

I remember in a Woody Allen movie, his parents were called into his school when he was a child because he was terribly depressed. They asked him what was wrong and he said, “I just learned the earth is going to be destroyed in a few billion years. So what’s the point of anything?”

I laughed very hard at that one. :)

I’m 65 but I remember when I was young. I felt immortal. I had no vision for the future. At all. I was “never” going to be old. So my life “after death” was not a concern because death was out there in infinity somewhere.

[stormhill]

With all due respect to the good doctor and the rest of the atheist community, the ones who lie to their children are those who claim there’s no God, afterlife, Judgment, spirit world or heaven. Just because you don’t understand the purpose being worked out here below, doesn’t mean it isn’t happening.

[Sergio]

bkmk

[Vigilanteman]

Well stated. It takes a LOT more faith to be an atheist, to think everything here just spontaneously arose through jillions of years of evolution rather than being intelligently designed.

I've heard and read about scores of near death experiences (NDEs) from people who have been to the hereafter and returned. They've included formerly committed agnostics and atheists. Not a single one ever returned to their former state of disbelief. Why do you suppose that is?

[Chickensoup]

Just posted this on Steyn this am:

as we get farther and farther away from a culture-wide belief in a God and afterlife, we will be less willing to put our lives on the line. Death has little sting if the afterlife is waiting, which is why Islamics have little fear and much hope as they die.

We have eliminated these beliefs/possibilities in Western culture and thus have now valued our lives, at all costs, for if not protected, there would be nothing except the abyss.

[Responsibility2nd]

Lie to your kids? What a foolish notion.

[nwrep]

[edwinland]

The result? Children or teens who reported attending a religious service at least once per week scored higher on psychological well-being measurements and had lower risks of mental illness. Weekly attendance was associated with higher rates of volunteering, a sense of mission, forgiveness, and lower probabilities of drug use and early sexual initiation.

Typical lazy journalism. Would it have been so hard to for this reporter to say how much higher or lower? Is it 1% or 100%?

[qam1]

Well Mormons seem to be the happiest, so by the logic in this article we should all lie and teach our kids that Joseph Smith was really a Latter Day Saint and the book of Mormon is true!

[-YYZ-]

OK, I’m convinced.
I’ll be telling my children all about Mohammed and Buddha and the various Hindu gods. Oh, that’s not the religious faith you had in mind?

Because that is what you guys are saying, right? Better to be a Muslim, with all that entails, than an atheist?

[cloudmountain]

It's not just true for children. Very few adults can really face the logical consequences of their atheistic faith-that when they die, they will simply turn into dust and/or worm food. Nietzsche had the courage to face the implications of his atheism and he went mad. It is good for people to learn to be honest about the implications of what they believe. Maybe then they will finally see the meaninglessness of a life that is based on their prideful defiance of God and be willing to consider the overwhelming historical evidence for Jesus' resurrection

Well put.

[ammodotcom]

Whether you believe in God or not, lying to children is a poor decision. Being wrong is different from being dishonest. If they later find out that you weren’t expressing your sincere beliefs to them, it will undermine everything else you’ve ever instilled in them.