robtex
Veteran Member
My brother is watching "Raising Helen" and in the movie an aunt is asking her new "daughter" (given to her by the court in the movie), to tell her where her mommy and daddy went (whom were killed in the movie). The little girl says "heaven" and the aunt concurs. But it brings up a question. If one is not a Christian or Muslim one may not believe there is a heaven.
Heaven certainly is a convient and nuturing answer to give a child because you can throw out the "living in eternal happinees" line but what if you don't believe in heaven and say like some of the parents on here your children were not raised in religion that has a heaven.
Is there a reasonable aternative to tell ones children in explaining death or what happens after you die?
Heaven certainly is a convient and nuturing answer to give a child because you can throw out the "living in eternal happinees" line but what if you don't believe in heaven and say like some of the parents on here your children were not raised in religion that has a heaven.
Is there a reasonable aternative to tell ones children in explaining death or what happens after you die?