explaining god to a 3 year old

uv · 11 Feb 2009 at 13:04

Don't forget to explain that He works in mysterious ways.

Hence war, famine, homelessness, crime, climate change, and iBot.

Jamesdavid3 · 11 Feb 2009 at 13:07

dont lie to him and say Gods real

Beansprout · 11 Feb 2009 at 13:11

Tell him you're god

Glaucus · 11 Feb 2009 at 13:15

semi-pro waster said:
I don't have children (and I don't know how yours would comprehend the following) but I'd probably explain something along the lines of "some people believe that there is an all-powerful being who created us and watches over us, many of the stories relating to him are in the Bible". Then if you choose to/he shows interest then you can read him some of the stories, personally I'd steer clear of the Old Testament at least initially unless he's got an interest in a vengeful God, fire and brimstone type stuff.

I would do similar, does your wife goto church?
I would also make it clear to him, that it's his choice what he believes and that you/your wife will teach him about what you believe but it's upto him what he chooses. it's what my mum did with me. Made me goto church until i was a teenager, but always made it clear that it was her believe and we had to choose our self.

uvmain said:
Don't forget to explain that He works in mysterious ways.

Hence war, famine, homelessness, crime, climate change, and iBot.

Nothing to do with mysterious ways. All to do with free will and not being able to intervene.

blix · 11 Feb 2009 at 13:15

I dare you to raise him as a Scientologist.

paradigm · 11 Feb 2009 at 13:19

blix said:
I dare you to raise him as a Jedi.

Fixed.

tisonlyme · 11 Feb 2009 at 13:21

Beansprout said:
Tell him you're god

Hehe, my dad tried this one on me when I were a lass, he had the white hair and beard too...

Now at the age of 23 I'm trying to convince him that he's actually Santa

Kristoph · 11 Feb 2009 at 13:21

My son even at 3 isn't really buying into the whole god thing I can see his skepticism when explaining it to him.

The boy's a genius.

Andy · 11 Feb 2009 at 13:27

mp3kla said:
The boy's a genius.

Nah, he just has more than 2 braincells

LeJosh · 11 Feb 2009 at 13:28

God is someone to blame for all your problems and also someone to ask to help fix them.

Kristoph · 11 Feb 2009 at 13:30

Andy said:
Nah, he just has more than 2 braincells

Or this.

I was just looking at religiosity vs. IQ studies. Quite interesting

The Dread Pirate · 11 Feb 2009 at 13:33

Tell him the true story the story that was laid down by the Fonz

Glaucus · 11 Feb 2009 at 13:33

mp3kla said:
Or this.

I was just looking at religiosity vs. IQ studies. Quite interesting

So all the scientists and other skilled professionals have a low IQ do they ? :rolleyes:

Margaret · 11 Feb 2009 at 13:35

If you tell him God is real or has a chance of being real then that's like saying anything written in some old book is true.

I once wrote down that I could fly, unfortunately it wasn't true.

Just a waste of time the whole religion thing, why bother? It makes no difference to your life unless you are really that paranoid.

PiKe · 11 Feb 2009 at 13:37

Get him interested in something useful, like science.

uv · 11 Feb 2009 at 13:38

AcidHell2 said:
Nothing to do with mysterious ways. All to do with free will and not being able to intervene.

God isn't able to intervene? How does that explain the whole Noah's Ark floods? How does it explain God smiting with disease, famine, and darkness?

Your quote contradicts the Old Testament.

Glaucus · 11 Feb 2009 at 13:38

Margaret said:
Just a waste of time the whole religion thing, why bother? It makes no difference to your life unless you are really that paranoid.

As it gives people a rounded up bringing and generally means they aren't stupid close minded like a lot of this forum. Is there any need for such hatred against religion..

LeJosh · 11 Feb 2009 at 13:39

uvmain said:
God isn't able to intervene? How does that explain the whole Noah's Ark floods? How does it explain God smiting with disease, famine, and darkness?

Your quote contradicts the Old Testament.

Science contradicts the old testament.

paradigm · 11 Feb 2009 at 13:39

AcidHell2 said:
As it gives people a rounded up bringing and generally means they aren't stupid close minded like a lot of this forum. Is there any need for such hatred against religion..

Lol @ religion making people open minded.

Why base your "morals" around a fallacy?

uv · 11 Feb 2009 at 13:40

LeJosh said:
Science contradicts the old testament.

You misunderstand.. I'm agnostic, I don't personally believe in any one god.