DS has a very religious grandmother who has somewhat confused him at the moment telling him about God/Jesus.
Conversation this morning began with "I can see God at the window mummy"
Lots of chatter lately about how God is a superhero (certain his GM has told him this in attempts to explain the concept of God ) I had been ignoring and waiting for it to die off and don't want to start an almighty row over it with her.
So I replied saying "well you know lots of people believe different things and I don't believe in God like GM but some people do, others believe in different Gods they might call things like Krishna or Allah"
He responded saying "well I believe like GM because she isn't lying is she?"
I tried to say "no she's not lying because she believes it, but she doesn't know for sure"
He replied "because God is invisible, that's why. Is Allah invisible too?"
I said "people believe in God or Gods and that's fine and some people don't, mummy doesn't anymore but nanny does and I think daddy might but you can choose"
He came back with "well I believe in lizards that change colour"
I said that they're not quite the same because chameleons are things we can see with our eyes so we know they're definitely real and true whereas God isn't something we can actually see and know so we have to just believe or not believe
His response: "yes because Jesus is invisible and he made the whole world mummy and a lizard didn't so we can see them"
So basically I'm confusing my kid further... and need a really clear and appropriate way of explaining the concept of God without saying it's all bollocks (as I don't want to say that either)
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How to explain "God" to 5 year old?!
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godconfusion · 03/09/2017 14:40
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