Thoughts After Another Loss
My dad died very suddenly and unexpectedly a little over a month ago. My relationship with my dad was a very special one. This loss was devastating. As I have been moving through my grief process I have thought about how different my perspective on all of this is as an agnostic atheist. I guess I don't really know how I would process close losses as a Christian because both of the ones I have experienced have been since de-converting. This is not something I have shared with anyone. It's just my thoughts on it. If I did discuss it, I have an idea the kinds of questions I would be asked by someone who is a Christian. I know what kinds of things I would have asked, when I was a believer. I have pondered on those and also thought about how I might answer those questions. The kinds of questions I would expect to be asked are things like: Isn't the idea of your dad's death terrifying without the belief in heaven and an afterlife? No. As a matter of fact, it is less terrify...