She is 6 years old, and hasn't attended church since she was 2. Therefore, she hasn't had much religion in her life. Today, I happened to mention God in the car, and the following conversation took place.


I said something about God, and she said, "Who is God?"
I replied "Heavenly Father", thinking maybe she'd heard of Heavenly Father.

she said, "Oh, the guy who has all the dead people?"


"Ummmm, yeah, sure"


<pause while she thinks about this, and then says:


"Does God live in a castle?"

"What do you think?"

"I think he must. A castle is the biggest house there is, and if he has all those dead people, he needs to have a really big place to live"

Hehe...too cute

She sounds like my six year old daughter who hasn't had any religion. Watching her use critical thinking is so encouraging, even if she's missing a few points.

Convo #1:

Daughter: "Daddy, I don't believe Jesus is real."
Me: "Why is that, Honey?"
Daughter: "Because every time I see a picture of Jesus it's painted and they don't have photographs of him."


Convo #2:

Daughter: "Daddy, who is more real, the Easter Bunny or Jesus?"
Me: "What do you think, Honey?"
Daughter: "Probably the Easter Bunny. Micki (the cousin) prayers for stuff and Jesus never brings it, but the Easter Bunny leaves us stuff all the time."

Oh, that's hilarious, Motrix!


When she was in preschool, we had some pocket sized book with nutritional information inside, and Dr. Atkins' picture on the front. She insisted on taking it as her show and tell one day. Her teachers later reported that she told the class that he was God. We can't see anything about low carb/Dr. Atkins without breaking into giggles now.