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If you have a friend who is dying, and you know they are religious but you're not, and they ask you if you believe in God and Heaven, how would you answer?
Assume this is an old friend from school who you reconnected with on Facebook a few years ago, and you get together. You’ve never discussed religion with her. You’re sitting outside, basking in one of those beautiful spring days, both knowing it will be the last spring she’ll ever see, holding hands, and she talks about the people she’ll see again in heaven. You can tell that comforts her, but then suddenly she asks you what you believe, and you’re an atheist, would you tell her? Or would you lie?
I would lie my ass off. I’d tell her exactly what she wanted to hear. Why not? What’s going to happen? Is God going to punish me for lying? Is she going to be mad at me after she dies for lying to her?
What would you do?
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