Lying to the children

It seems to be a weird and confusing fact that a lot of Christians seem to lie to their children.


First about all the holidays that grown-ups feel they need to "have a wonderful childhood" and "to create happy memories".

Then there is the fact about death. I keep coming across this in the Bible. Nowhere in the Bible does it say that when a person dies they go up to be with God, right then and there. It actually says that the dead are in a constant state of sleep, until the rapture occurs. I just don't get it. Children can handle the truth. So when the next child asks you why someone died, please tell them they are just in a very deep sleep and waiting for God to come back to get all of us to take us to heaven with him.

People also further the lie, that when someone is discouraged, they tell them that that dead person is looking down on them, so they feel comforted. That is an absolute lie, and if you really are Christian, wouldn't you want to be reasssured that God was looking down on them and that should be their source of comfort?

Please, let's stop all this lying to the children. I know we don't like it when they lie to us and God calls lying, deception.