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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]or what about if the kids ask, "Did that really happen?" when you tell a story about a prince's kiss or an ancient flood or someone rising from the dead.

Would you always say something like "That's a story with some wisdom in it" or would you say "some people think it's true, but I don't"?[/quote]

My typical response is: "what do you think?" and "[i]some[/i] people might think this happened."[/quote]

But by the time they were asking this questions we weren't reading too many princess type books (fortunately that was a short phase!). [/quote]

So you see, there were no harm done to your child when you didn't discuss your believes within the prince/princess context. The child learned his lesson and moved on. I would approach the bible stories the same way, without inserting your agenda/belief. [b]If the child begin to question the validity of the story[/b], let them do the research. Take them to the library, learn more about that historical time period. I think this is what the purpose of education, to create a curious mind that always searching for answers, instead of indoctrinate the young brain one way or another.

At some point of life you child figured out the whole prince Charming deal. The same will happens with the Bible story -- eventually they will figure out (one way or another). But the lesson they learn will be priceless. For me personally, I am not determined that my child when he/she grow up, comes to the same conclusion as I did. Even if he/she ends up on a totally opposite side regarding religion, it is his/her path. [/quote]

This assumes that there is more validity to Bible stories than there are to the other stories your child is reading.  True, some people think that, but if you're a non-believer exposing your child to many different kinds of stories, why send them to the library to validate Bible stories  -- assuming you wouldn't do the same with Aesop's fables and Grimm's fairy tales?[/quote]

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