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file:///E|/Funny%20&%20Weird%20Shit/75%20-%20Stephen%20King%20Books/Stephen%20King%20-%20Pet%20Sematary.htm“Well, it’s reincarnation, but I guess you’ve got the idea. The Catholics believe in heaven and hell, butthey also believe there’s a place called limbo and one called purgatory. And the Hindus and Buddhistsbelieve in Nirvana—”There was a shadow on the dining room wall. Rachel. Listening.Louis went on more slowly.“There are probably lots more too. But what it comes down to, Ellie, is this: no one knows. People saythey know, but when they say that, what they mean is that they believe because of faith. Do you knowwhat faith is?”“Well . .“Here we are, sitting in my chair,” Louis said. “Do you think my chair will still be here tomorrow?”“Yeah, sure.”“Then you have faith it will be here. As it so happens, I do, too. Faith is believing a thing will be, or is.Get it?”“Yes.” Ellie nodded positively.“But we don’t know it’ll be here. After all, some crazed chair burglar might break in and take it, right?”Ellie giggled. Louis smiled.“We just have faith that won’t happen. Faith is a great thing, and really religious people would like us tobelieve that faith and knowing are the same thing, but I don’t believe that myself. Because there are toomany different ideas on the subject. What we know is this: When we die, one of two things happens.Either our souls and thoughts somehow survive the experience of dying or they don’t. If they do, thatopens up every possibility you could think of. If we don’t, it’s just blotto. The end.”“Like going to sleep?”He considered this and then said, “More like having ether, I think.”“Which do you have faith in, Daddy?”The shadow on the wall moved and came to rest again.file:///E|/Funny%20&%20Weird%20Shit/75%20-%20St...20Books/Stephen%20King%20-%20Pet%20Sematary.htm (158 of 333)7/28/2005 9:21:49 PM