Managed to turn a bedtime question about Jesus (too many uncensored Christmas carols lately, I guess!) into a quick review of evolution, which we have covered several times before.
Went something like this:
A: Mom, is Jesus the son of God?
C: That's what some people believe. But that is made up.
A: Sometimes I ask God questions.
C: It's okay to ask questions.
A: Like I ask, "why aren't turkeys purple?"
C: Well, if people asked questions and did science, they'd get a lot more answers than asking God questions. Because God doesn't ever answer anyone's questions, but science does.
A: Can science answer my question?
C: Sure, it already has. We know turkeys are the color they are because of evolution.
A: What is evolution?
C: Remember when we talked about how life on Earth started in the water, and was really simple, and then creatures got more complicated, and eventually they became land creatures?
A: Oh, yeah.
C: And before there were humans, there were apes that got more complicated and eventually became humans?
A: Yes.
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