Atheist What Do You Say To A Dying Loved One?besides I Love You?

[goodlife]

[jackthehat]

Oodles of things......
None of which have to do with non-existent beings or places after the fact.

[ummmm]

Lots. Nothing to do with a God though.

[douglas9401]

Would it be okay for me to browse your DVD collection and take what I want?

[cassa333]

lol Douglas BA by far. And more or less what we have said to our parents already... and they are not dying yet.

My choices are red dots, oldest sister blue dots younger brother green dots and other sister yellow.

Sorted

[Khandro]

jack;
Pascal's wager maybe worth consideration?
https://www.gotquestions.org/Pascals-wager.html

[Peter Pedant]

when my father was told to defend Dunkirk to the last man and the last bullet
he put on his best boots
on the grounds that if he was gonna die - he would look his best

my mother said of herself - o god dont let the god squad near me ! I am nearer to finding out what it is like than they are !

[maggiebee]

I would hold their hand and tell them that it's OK to go. I would also tell them that I'm sure we'll meet again.

[anneasquith]

It depends what the loved one believes / or not surely ?

[ummmm]

Some atheists believe in an afterlife...

I'm lucky in the fact that most deaths I've had to deal with have been sudden. I didn't have to watch them die.

Except my dad...I did tell him I was sorry for all the A&E trips he had to make...he squeezed my hand.

I'm not sure he actually believed in God...he just went through the Catholic rituals, imo.

[andy-hughes]

I'd say "You are going to be with God in heaven - that's the Jehovah's Witnesses' God, not some pale imitation, just the real one, the only one, the one that gets you into heaven, and everyone else goes to hell, which is what they deserve for not being Jehovah's Witnesses, and I'll see you there because we deserve to be there, and no-one else does ...."

Just kidding.

[Eleena]

Hand holding is reassuring and speaks volumes all on its own. Sometimes they're too weak to talk and will squeeze you're hand back as others have said, my last memory of my dad before he died. He made me think he was saying, I'm o.k, don't worry.

[Eleena]

Wow, that made me emotional.

[woofgang]

Its private and nobody's business but mine.

[jim360]

"Did you write a will yet? No? Well here's one I prepared earlier, just sign it please. No, it's just a coincidence that I get everything, why do you ask?"

[NoMercy]

First one there gets the drinks in.

[sandyRoe]

I said, 'I think it's just like being asleep'.

[jakep]

I said lots of things over a period of time, all of which were significant to us. I resent the fact that, as I don't share your fantasy, you feel that I would have any difficulty communicating with someone I love.

[goodlife]

Ok, a man who had been married for 38 years and lost his wife to cancer. He was shattered. He felt that his situation was impossible to live with. There were times when he wanted to die rather than continue.
What would you say him then?

[ChillDoubt]

So long and thanks for all the fish.

[andy-hughes]

I'd say - You have a lot to live for, and life will get better.

Alternatively, join the Jehovah's Witnesses, and find what true misery on earth is really all about.

On the basis of your track record goodlife, if you are expecting meaningful answers, or an invitation to a mature debate, you are wasting your time.

I am bored with your nonsense now, so I will move on to more worthwhile things.