a little dinner conversation -never talk politics and religion.oops

In this house we do not practice any form of religion regularly.I believe we are known as E and C's although admittedly,that is more due to my love of tradition rather than a yearning to enter a church.Its not even that I don't necessarily 'believe'.More a case of preferring to believe in me.I am responsible for myself and my happiness,health,behaviour.You name it.

I once shared house with a girl who was frightened to get out of bed if she had not been spoken to in her sleep to tell her to be good,have a great day,whatever.I also spent some time wasting my life with someone who regularly trotted up to the local church to be absolved of his 'sins' on a weekly basis so he could continue to do them.Which he did.

 I have good friends who happily practice and those who happily don't.We walk in our own shoes.

From time to time Henry has enquired about God.Scripture is offered once a week at school so we asked if he would like to go.He did for a little while but as he got older he pulled away from it feeling that so many things make no sense.He is somewhat scientific.An enormous collision is a far more tangible explanation for him, and an interest, so thats fine with us.If he veers back towards religion later on,he will be encouraged to explore those thoughts and feelings as before.

Oliver has been a darker horse.After not much interest,at the start of this year he found himself sharing a table with a couple of children from quite devout families.He began to come home with sayings that he administered with great conviction.It was really very interesting.He was overheard telling Henry one day (after Henry had tossed Oliver's pencil on the floor) that God would burn him to fire with his eyes and he would die and be gone.Wow.

A little while ago I put his name down for scripture.As with Henry,I told them that the moment he resisted going he was to be allowed to resign.

The boys and I have just had dinner and this happened.....

Oliver was sitting at the kitchen table telling us that Gods eyes see everywhere and into everything and that God is everywhere.I asked him who told him this and he leant forward to whisper “God told me “ and made the shhhh with his finger on his lips.So I asked him……..

What do you do in scripture?

We get a piece of paper and we colour in.We have a little baby and some grass on the piece of paper in a basket and Marry is protecting him and she close the basket then she putted a brown towel on the basket then Marry left and the baddies ripped the towel off then he opened it then Jesus was on the floor when she comed back and he was crying.Marry was coming and she heard the baby so she runned and she couldn’t find the baby.She said “ Ohh baby”!!

Then the God gave Jesus a stick and he touched the wada and it opened then they walked fru then Jesus told all the men to come fru then he touched it again and shutted it after.

After Jesus ,all the men were trying to get them then they said in a big voice ‘tell me what you did with the stick God’ and God said ‘ I don’t have the stick,Jesus does and he touched the wada and so you can’t get fru people”.

Jesus had his birfday and he flew up to God so he’s sixteen now.He used to be four but God magicked him to sixteen.

God is the guy who’s up in the cloud and he’s the cloud dad.So God made Jesus a king because he was so good and he did what his dad said.

When Gods tired he puts his foot up on the cloud and then he finks like this(finger tapping chin) and he finks what hes going to do next.

God loves Jesus so the…. the… “ok Ive got it”, he only sees us down from (he’s up in the clouds )so he only can see the world and blue and white and green and yellow.

*Keeping in mind that my sweet six year old has a voice like James Earl Jones.And his pronunciations a little creative  : ) And his gesticulations are insanely brilliant.They are a feature film all to themselves.

xxxx

Comments

[melissa]

All those years at my religious school and things are finally making sense :). So sweet- I love to hear things explained by kids and to see the world through their eyes. It was always a bit scary to me- sounds like to Oliver too? We definitely have the Irish C thing going on at my house, but we don't attend (this is a bit of a confession)... I feel the responsibility to tell my kids what I have learned, but I want them to make their decision of faith based on what they feel is in their heart. I never could understand the whole deal with being absolved to run back out and keep doing the same wrong things over and over again- I juts prefer to treat people as best I can and when I make mistakes I try to learn from them and not have to make the same ones again. Hope I'm on the right track?! So deep for a Friday. Now, on to politics...... LOL

[Clare Powell]

Delightful!!The things they come out with.

[Vanessa]

Thanks for the laugh.

[Charlotta]

I AM SO with you on the religion/faith topic...and funnily enough our 5 year old has been questioning recently.
GREAT post!
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[Danette]

This is awesome.
I love kids.
I love that you are allowing them the to freedom to explore.

[rachelle]

sometimes I think that kids have all the answers if we were to just let them be completely free from societal influence. I always wondered,if they weren't told all of the "answers," what would they think of the world? Thank you for sharing :)

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