I’ve often wondered why the people who seem most certain of the existence of God are the ones who want to keep the respirator plugged in. If you were sure that God was waiting for your father, wouldn’t you want him to go? Wouldn’t you want him to go even if you didn’t believe in God, because death is the completion of our purpose here on earth? He’s finished his job and now is free to send his atoms back into the earth and sea and stars. Isn’t that really kind of great?
