How would you respond to this 6 yr old's ?

Question

I would like to hear what you would to say to a 6 yr old who asks "If God created everyone who created God? How was he created?"

Answer 1

Your going to have to admit that you don't know at some point in this conversation.

Whether you admit you don't know how we humans got here or you have to admit that you don't know how god got there

Try not to stop or discourage any opinions the 6 yr old might try to come up with - Try not to be critical of any counter explanations they have for "how"

That said it doesn't mean you can't gently guide .

Good luck - but by admitting you don't know now you save yourself problems later

At some point the child always finds out that the parent isn't perfect , this is a good introduction to it in a non threatening way that can set you up for good honest exchanges later

If on the other hand you come down with the hard and fast "this is the way it is"

You set a tone of don't question me and there is going to be no discussion - That over tone will come back to bite you in the butt later .

If you have a particular doctrine then - go with the gentle talk - and the discussion still - Don't "sell" or insist

Just leave age appropriate material around the house for them to read and then talk about it as if you were an equal to the 6 yr old - Gentle guidance

Also by openly admitting you don't know how God cam into being or how this or that happened you show the child it is ok not to know everything and it is ok to simply say "I don't know"

Bad news the kid is watching and studying you on many levels right now . Use that to your advantage thinking about how this will affect the conversation skills and communication of what will soon be a teenager and then a young adult

Answer 2

I am stunned via what number of persons right here recommend hitting youngsters. I'm brooding about how they might suppose if at any time when they made a mistake or had been feeling grumpy at paintings their boss hauled off & slugged them. I have three grown youngsters, 20, 23 and 25. My 'field' process has continuously been to regard them as I might desire to be handled... with lovingkindness. When disorders might arise I might take the little one to their room and near the door so there have been no distractions. Then we might have a peaceful dialogue as to why their behaviour or movement used to be unsuitable. I continuously had them assume how their movement affected others in a terrible manner and requested them how they might suppose if any person had performed it to them. Yes, at 6 years historical there are nonetheless circumstances of the wild mood tantrums wherein the entire reasoning on the planet would possibly not get by way of to them. Each of my children used to be one of a kind. With one I might evenly deliver her again to her room and although she used to be yelling I might inform her lightly that I would see she used to be out of manage and that a bit of quiet time might be well for her. As I left the room I mentioned, "while you're performed yelling and feeling calm, come on out and become a member of the relaxation of the loved ones". With the 2d little one at age 6, that did not paintings. She'd simply preserve yelling in her room. So together with her, I picked her up and held her on my lap, wrapping my hands round her. While she yelled and wiggled round I simply spoke soothing phrases in her ear and, what have you learnt, she fell asleep. Children reply good to figuring out wherein their barriers are; to figuring out they're adored; they adore it while you give up what you're doing and relatively concentrate to them; they're pleased while you ask them their opinion or to educate you whatever. And this isn't simply the youngsters-- every age respect being liked.

Answer 3

I would say that no one created God, that is why He is God. He has always been and will always be. As a human, this is almost impossible for us to understand, but that is what the bible teaches us.

Then I would open a bible and find the verses that speak of God's always being and show them to the child and talk about it.

Answer 4

I wouldn't worry about how to respond. One day you may have to answer "I don't know"

Coincidentally, it's the same answer you have to give when asked about the formation of the universe if you teach them the atheist way. Where did the first Matter come from that caused big bang? "I don't know"

Answer 5

6 year old? Well - something like - all the love in the universe came together and made God.

Answer 6

Can anyone in here not tell the kid the truth? It is simple "We don't know. No one has a brain big enough yet to understand how our god came to be."

Answer 7

Tell her the truth...we are stuck in time, on this planet. God exists eternally, outside of time. Everything exists, was made by Him, and for Him. A 6 year old probably won't get it.

Answer 8

tell him that GOD was the begining of all things or read to him the first chapter of john

Answer 9

There are some questions that we cant answer. Only God himself knows. He is the alpha and omega. The Beginning and end. There was no beginning before God.


On a side note. Its good to hear that a lot of atheists have the mentality of a 6 year old.

Answer 10

The 6 yr old is smarter than many adult Christians.