(November 26, 2014 at 4:46 pm)Alex K Wrote: I have got to share this true encounter which I had with my wife in the Natural History museum in NY a few years back. There was this exhibit about the history of the universe, and at the end of it there was a young girl, maybe about 8 yo or so, with her dad. She turned to her dad and loudly asked - did God make the dinosaurs? Her Dad looked around and was apparently a little embarassed, but sat down with her and really explained the stuff as far as we could tell, so there was the big bang, and evolution, and so on and so forth. The girl listened carefully and after her dad had finished, she looked puzzled. "Dad?", she said. "Did Big Bang kill God?". At this point my wife and I couldn't help it any more and tried to suppress our laughter as good as we could. Dad took daughter by the hand and quickly got outta there. And we thought: wow, such a good question on so many levels, and were in awe.
I love this. This is why simply answering kids questions as they come up, honestly and opening, and running to the books if necessary, lead to atheist adults.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
