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[quote=Anonymous]There's not likely to be a real in depth understanding, but 3 is certainly a reasonable age to intro the ideas.

My DH is jewish, I was raised Catholic and am agnostic (pretty close to atheist).  She knows about Jewish concepts, I've told her that lots of people believe in god generally and there are lots of different stories people have around it.  It came up also b/c my in-law's dog died and she had questions about that.  Of course, Christmas has come up.  In her preschool they talk about all sorts of holidays, too.  Since I'm not looking for her to believe in any, it's pretty easy to introduce her to whatever comes up.  She can understand the traditions, but I don't think she really grasps the core of the beliefs behind them.

I have told her that I think god (as the concept put forward by religions) is pretend, but others don't, and that she does need to be sensitive to and respect the fact that some people think he's real.  Realistically, I don't see her talking to her friends about god, but I can see her interrupting my dad saying grace to tell him that I think god is pretend.  Mostly, I don't think she cares all that much at this point.
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