3 year old asked "who is God"

[Anonymous]

My 6yo asked what god is and I told her that some people believe that god is something/someone who watches over us. We talked about a variety of belief systems. Then she asked if I believe in god and I told her no. There is nothing wrong with honesty. My 3yo is oblivious, has never asked about god and wouldn't understand my conversation with 6yo DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^ fortunately some of us have his son as our defense attorney!

Huh? Oh, a Jesus joke. Ha.

[Anonymous]

I would answer: "god is a mythical being that most people believes exists. According to them, God created our world and all life, including all the people and animals and he is very powerful - like the most powerful super hero (so the child can understand). Mommy does not believe god exists."

And go from there is there are any more questions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:God is who snarky DCUM people, Hillary Clinton , Oprah Winfrey and Howard Stern will be on their knees in front of unable to lift their eyes and make any case that they were good. Just like all the rest of us.

That explains why he can't do anything else since he is so busy judging all the dead people in the world. He is just overworked!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:God is who snarky DCUM people, Hillary Clinton , Oprah Winfrey and Howard Stern will be on their knees in front of unable to lift their eyes and make any case that they were good. Just like all the rest of us.

That explains why he can't do anything else since he is so busy judging all the dead people in the world. He is just overworked!

Lol. I think he just lets you watch the tape of all the bad things you thought and did . Then after it's done in 10 years, you judge yourself . Hopefully Jesus then says "dad ... I died for her, she knows me."

[Anonymous]

tell him the truth that God is the creator of heaven and earth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:God is who snarky DCUM people, Hillary Clinton , Oprah Winfrey and Howard Stern will be on their knees in front of unable to lift their eyes and make any case that they were good. Just like all the rest of us.

That explains why he can't do anything else since he is so busy judging all the dead people in the world. He is just overworked!

Lol. I think he just lets you watch the tape of all the bad things you thought and did . Then after it's done in 10 years, you judge yourself . Hopefully Jesus then says "dad ... I died for her, she knows me."

Does Jesus call god "Dad?" How do you know that? Do Jesus and his Pop sit around in heaven deciding who gets in?

What a life -- an eternal life, no less, of judging people. Sounds like hell to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have decided that my son will be attending a liberal Christian church during his childhood, so as the questions come up at a going age, he gets the party line. If he questions later, I'll be okay with that, as I'm not sure what I believe anymore. The church we attend is in line with my general beliefs in terms of good works, non-discrimination, etc, so if he gets that general framework during his formative years, not sure if I care whether it's because some guy in the sky says it, or it's just because there are some moral absolutes independent of a deity.

I'm with you on this approach. Care to share which church? We are looking

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:tell him the truth that God is the creator of heaven and earth.

And then how do you explain the facts in science books and museums?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:tell him the truth that God is the creator of heaven and earth.

And then how do you explain the facts in science books and museums?

God created science, time and existance itself.

[Anonymous]

I have a six year old so its a tiny bit easier to explain this stuff to her than to a 3 year old (although still not that easy). We discuss that no one knows for sure if there is a god or a heaven and that people have different beliefs. I don't dismiss the ideas but I don't tell her its certain either. maybe this is confusing but I want her to form her own opinions as she grows up.

[Anonymous]

"Well sweetie, you know how you sometimes pretend that you have a friend or that your stuffed doggie is talking to you? Some adults also have an imaginary friend that they talk to and they call him god."

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:tell him the truth that God is the creator of heaven and earth.

And then how do you explain the facts in science books and museums?

God created science, time and existance itself.

. Oh really? Please provide your evidence.

[Anonymous]

^^^ that's easy , tell Stephen Hawking to create matter in a vacuum. Then give him a fish that just died with all the chemicals and ingredients right there in the fish and tell him to make it alive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^^ that's easy , tell Stephen Hawking to create matter in a vacuum. Then give him a fish that just died with all the chemicals and ingredients right there in the fish and tell him to make it alive.

Sadly you suffer from the same faulty logic that many others do. Just because we can't explain how something works does not automatically mean supernatural involvement is conclusively proved.

Not so long ago, they didn't understand how lightning worked, so they assumed it was a god. We now know better.

Not so long ago they didn't understand what comets are. We now know better.

Some people still believe in astrology, but now most of us know better.

And the list of things ascribed to divine intervention that human science has explained goes on and on, back almost (within the first minimal fraction of a second) after the Big Bang.

There is research on self-organizing systems that implies that certain types of chemicals naturally organize themselves into more and more efficient forms that would ultimately lead to organic molecules and life. See, for example, http://news.sciencemag.org/2013/02/self-assembling-molecules-offer-new-clues-lifes-possible-origin

There is research that shows that the expansion of space in our universe is actually accelerating, rather than staying constant or slowing down as you would expect. We don't understand why, but we gave the force causing the acceleration a name and said, "Let's figure it out." We didn't just stop and say, "God did it. We poor humans could never understand it. May as well give up now."

This is not to say there is no God. There is nothing that disproves the existence of a deity, but pointing to natural events whose causes we can't yet explain as evidence of the existence of God is fundamentally logically flawed (not to mention theologically risky, since science has this annoying habit of explaining the things that were previously attributed to God).