I was just outside talking to a neighbor for a minute, and a new neighbor's kids started asking me all kinds of questions. (You know how kids are.) Anyhow, one of their questions was "Where's your daddy?" And I answered, "He's in Heaven." Being an atheist, I don't believe that, but I figured chances are these kids have been taught about 'God' and it'd be easier to just say that. But, why do I feel weird about it?
Thanks for your thoughts :)
2008-04-18T15:16:28Z
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2008-04-18T15:27:05Z
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Prof Fruitcake2008-04-18T15:13:30Z
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You could have just said he passed away. Kids understand that.
I'm guessing that you don't really believe that and being an honest person ( at least you seem that way to me) it bothered you to not tell the truth about yourself. However, you probably did the smart thing--who knows if your new neighbors are religious nuts who would hound you night and day.
Yeah, you let us down. Dammit. Nah, it's alright. I've kinda done things like that before. Unfortunately, religious people can't handle the truth so you have to be gentle and lie to them. It sucks, but whatever.