Like at age 6 or 7, they start questioning the existence of God/gods and they question religion. Whenever her parents give her an answer to something, she just has 3 more questions.
2007-10-09 20:16:50 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sounds like a smart child, questions should never be discouraged. Even if you are trying to raise it with fundamentalist beliefs you should appreciate inquisitiveness
2007-10-09 20:22:53 · answer #1 · answered by captainhook3000 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that this child is probably pretty smart. More specifically, she is most likely curious about how things work. Not just satisfied with, say, you start a car and it rolls down the street to your destination but wants to know about the working parts. Simple answers and faith do not work for all people and I remember that age very well. Not understanding social things but having great "education" skills made me shy but curious. I think that it is more important to nourish a curious mind with other questions than to have an answer for everything. It is also OK to say "I don't know" if the question permits. God is something that is personal and she will understand in time.
2007-10-10 03:30:27 · answer #2 · answered by I'll Fix It 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
She's just a curious kid. Has she recently (past year or 2) asked questions about other things, like the easter bunny, santa, etc? If so, she's probably trying to figure out what's real and what isn't.
Religion is a very confusing topic, even for people who have studied it for years. Ultimately it boils down to belief, not knowledge. You can never know everything, so you have to let yourself forget what you don't know, and just believe.
Some people have trouble with that, myself included, and so they're unable to do it. If she's trying to figure out what's real and what isn't, she's going to want answers that no one can give. That's going to be a problem for her, and she may or may not be able to get over that hurdle. I could not.
2007-10-10 03:26:10 · answer #3 · answered by CSE 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah that sounds about right for that age. The question I would pose is does the child truly comprehend. For that matter there are several adults that the same question could be asked of. Curiosity about all things is quite natural, just keep answering questions and don't sugar coat truth.
2007-10-10 03:21:46 · answer #4 · answered by lazyslacker013 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it is perfectly normal. When I was a child I used to ask the same questions at Sunday school - I think children can see much more clearly that the whole thing just does not add up. I think she is a smart kid.
2007-10-10 03:41:43 · answer #5 · answered by LillyB 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Inquiring minds want to know! There's nothing wrong with questions, it's a sign of intelligence. It's also possible someone is talking with her and giving her different ideas than what her family believes. Maybe someone at school is teaching her things.
2007-10-10 03:31:01 · answer #6 · answered by LeslieAnn 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like me. I was five when I started to question, and remained a skeptic for almost twenty years. I still have an awful lot of questions, even though I've chosen my path (Christianity).
That's actually very good. I'd encourage her to keep searching, and if I didn't have the answers, I'd be glad to find a book that DID have them.
2007-10-10 03:24:38 · answer #7 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
sounds like she is a very old soal and still very in tune with her past life. i knew earlie on that i was pagan even though my mom dragged me to a baoptist church every sunday. i was talking to the moon and praying to the Goddess as early as age six.
we are all born pagan with abilities and insight. it is just that we are conditioned to believe that such things are evil at such an earlie age that there arent more of us out there.
2007-10-10 03:36:22 · answer #8 · answered by nightshadetn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Parents should not brainwash the young children with their own ideas..They should encourage them to find by themselves..Have a look on humanity..you can not find a simple and honest person happy to be just a human..because parents make them not just humans but instead they make them Cristians,Muslims,Hindus.Jews,Buddhists etc.etc.but not just human beings..
2007-10-10 03:53:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would think that it's very good, it shows that she is thinking. Humans are curious by nature. Just because she has questions doesn't mean she will lose her faith, maybe she just needs some insight and reassurance.
2007-10-10 04:09:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋