Sounds to me like you taught him to think for himself as well as be independent ...
Remember, children are given to us to raise not to be clones of ourself ...
It is our job to let them spread their wings ...

There are many legitimate credentialed scientists who believe in the afterlife, God & Jesus ...
It just depends on whose work he's studying ...

God would not abandon the terminally ill/dying to linger for the sake of simply suffering ...
God prepares us to let go of life to accept death peacefully ...

Elizabeth Kubler-Ross wrote the book on "On Death & Dying" where she first discussed her model of the 5 stages of Grief ...
I watched, unbeknownst to me at the time, my husband go through each stage prior to his death in a sudden car collision caused by another dirver ...
I also experienced the stages of grief after his death; it was like a near death experience that also included a life review ...