Today we touched on the tricky topic of religion. I went with the Christian genesis story…

Ro <his ear on my chest>: I can hear your heart!

me: yes, it’s pounding.

Ro: do fish have hearts?

me: yes, every animal has a heart. <vast simplification :)>

Ro: who made the hearts?

me <after a pause>: God did. He’s the creator! <crinch>

Ro: God!?

me: yes, God created all living beings – all animals and all plants…

Ro: All!?

me: yes

Ro: even me?

me: yes, even you – and me!

Ro: he made grass?

me: yes, he made the grass.

Ro: he was here one day?

me: yes, he *is* here.

Ro <shocked and in disbelief>: Here?

me: yes.

Ro<turning around>: where *is* he?

me: we can’t see him.

Ro: is he made of glass?

<genious!>

me: no, he’s not made of glass. God is in everything he created.

Ro<confused, long pause>: is he a man?

me: nope!

Ro: is he made of gold?

me<the bible has clearly something to say about that>: No, he’s *not* made of gold! And we’re not making things of gold that would look like him either!

Ro <again>: he came here?

me: yes, and he *is* here. Don’t worry he loves you!

Ro: I didn’t see him.

me: but you can hear my heart, don’t you? He made it beat.

Ro <with his head on my chest again>: ahh, yes I hear it. <pounding on my chest with a big smile>: Hi, God!

<after some more listening to my heart he looks around in the room>:

Ro: did he make the door?

me: no, men made door. But he made the sky. And the earth. And “everything living under the sky”. <proud of the quote>

Ro: did he go up in the sky with a balloon when he made it?

me: God didn’t need a balloon to make the sky. He just made it. He can go places by thinking.

Ro: did he come down after?

me: yes, he came back after he made the sky and made all the animals and plants

Ro: that’s a lot!

me: yep!

Ro: he must be tired.

me: yes, he was very tired after he made all the animals. So he took a break on Sunday.

Ro: he didn’t make anything on Sunday?

me: nope. he just slept.

Ro: I’m hungry!

…. THE END.