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Originally Posted by boxcar
I wonder if atheistic evolutionists have their own sacred scriptures they use to use to console a grieving parent. Perhaps something along these lines:
Hey, just count your lucky stars your kid was born in the first place. Don't you realize he was merely a cosmic accident and there was never a rhyme or reason for his/her existence in the first place?
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Sometimes the truth hurts, probably more often than not. Common decency dictates that if the grieving parents were believers then this is not the time to disillusion them. Believers or not, the most honest thing to say is "I'm sorry for your loss" or words to that effect.
What boxcar is asserting is an
appeal to consequences, i.e., if x is not true then there are negative outcomes, ergo, x must be true.