Thursday, December 18, 2008
The Theology of a Three Year Old
Conversation at bedtime tonight:
Apparently I'm raising a polytheist. :)
Emma: "Where is God?"
Me: "God is everywhere. He made everything and is in everything."
Emma: "But God can only be in one thing."
Me: "Why?"
Emma: "If God is in a tomato then he can't be in a carrot, so there has to be lots of gods."
Apparently I'm raising a polytheist. :)
I think you've got the beginnings of a Summa Theologica Emmae on your hands.
Q.1 Whether one God can be in many things and whether many things require many gods?
Obj. 1. If God i sin a tomato then He can't be in a carrot, so there has to be lots of gods."
On the contrary, ...